Transition to caregiving, marital disagreement, and psychological well-being - A prospective US national study
Transition to caregiving, marital disagreement, and psychological well-being - A prospective US national study
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DOI：
10.1177/0192513x06291523
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Marks, Nadine F.
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作者：
Choi, Heejeong;Marks, Nadine F.
以生命历程的观点为指导，本研究探讨了婚姻角色质量是否会调节已婚成年人转变为亲生父母、公婆、配偶、其他亲属或非亲属的照顾者角色的心理后果。这项研究使用了来自1,842名35岁及以上已婚成年人的全国样本的纵向数据，估计了回归模型，研究了在过渡到离婚之前的婚姻分歧是否预测了由于过渡到离婚而导致的全球幸福和抑郁症状变化的差异。结果表明，与非照顾者相比，新的照顾者的亲生父母或配偶经历了更大的幸福感下降和抑郁症状的增加，当他们报告了更高水平的婚姻分歧。这些研究结果表明，在已婚成年人中，成为亲生父母或配偶的照顾者的心理影响取决于婚姻角色质量。
Guided by a life course perspective, this study investigated whether the psychological consequences of transitioning into a caregiver role for a biological parent, parent-in-law, spouse, other kin, or nonkin among married adults might be moderated by marital role quality. Using longitudinal data from a national sample of 1,842 married adults aged 35 years and older, this study estimated regression models examining whether marital disagreement prior to the transition to caregiving predicted differences in change in global happiness and depressive symptoms because of a transition into caregiving. Results indicated that, compared to noncaregivers, new caregivers for a biological parent or spouse experienced both a greater decline in happiness and a greater increase in depressive symptoms when they reported a higher level of marital disagreement. These findings suggest that the psychological effects of becoming a caregiver for a biological parent or spouse among married adults are contingent on marital role quality.