Mismatch in Spouses' Anger-Coping Response Styles and Risk of Early Mortality: A 32-Year Follow-Up Study.
Mismatch in Spouses' Anger-Coping Response Styles and Risk of Early Mortality: A 32-Year Follow-Up Study.
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配偶愤怒应对方式的不匹配与早期死亡风险:一项 32 年的跟踪研究。
DOI:
10.1097/psy.0000000000000653
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Harburg,Ernest
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作者:
Bourassa,KyleJ;Sbarra,DavidA;Ruiz,JohnM;Karciroti,Niko;Harburg,Ernest
ObjectiveResearch in psychosomatic medicine includes a long history of studying how responses to anger-provoking situations are associated with health. In the context of a marriage, spouses may differ in their anger-coping response style. Where one person may express anger in response to unfair, aggressive interpersonal interactions, his/her partner may instead suppress anger. Discordant response styles within couples may lead to increased relational conflict, which, in turn, may undermine long-term health. The current study sought to examine the association between spouses' anger-coping response styles and mortality status 32 years later.MethodsThe present study used data from a subsample of married couples (N= 192) drawn from the Life Change Event Study to create an actor-partner interdependence model.ResultsNeither husbands' nor wives' response styles predicted their own or their partners' mortality. Wives' anger-coping response style, however, significantly moderated the association of husbands' response style on mortality risk 32 years later, β=− 0.18,− 0.35 to− 0.01, p=. 039. Similarly, husbands' response style significantly moderated the association of wives' response style and their later mortality, β=− 0.24,− 0.38 to− 0.10, p<. 001. These effects were such that the greater the mismatch between spouses' anger-coping response style, the greater the risk of early death.ConclusionsFor a three-decade follow-up, husbands and wives were at greater risk of early death when their anger-coping response styles differed. Degree of mismatch between spouses' response styles may be an important long-term predictor of spouses' early mortality risk.