Well-being in older Mexican American spouses
Well-being in older Mexican American spouses
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/46.2.258
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Markides, KS
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作者：
Peek, MK;Stimpson, JP;Markides, KS
目的：婚姻与幸福之间有着密切的联系，有证据表明，配偶一方的幸福与另一方的幸福密切相关。然而，在年长的墨西哥裔美国人中，关于这种现象的信息很少。为了解决这个问题，我们探讨两个研究问题：一个配偶的幸福预测另一个配偶的幸福？这些影响是否存在性别差异？设计和方法：我们评估的信息，从553对夫妇谁参加了第一波（1993-1994年）的西班牙裔老年人流行病学研究的既定人口。使用结构方程模型，我们研究了老年墨西哥裔美国夫妇的幸福感的三个方面：抑郁症状，生活满意度和自测健康。结果：研究结果显示，证据之间的关联幸福的一方配偶和其他。具体来说，丈夫和妻子的自我评估健康预测了他们的伴侣。然而，有证据表明，丈夫的抑郁症状和生活满意度会影响妻子的幸福感，而不是相反。含义：这项研究的结果很重要，因为它们增加了关于配偶之间幸福关系的文献，指出了重要的性别差异，重点关注了具有独特文化特征的未得到充分研究的少数群体，并对婚姻框架内的幸福检查产生了影响。
Purpose: There is a strong connection between marriage and well-being, with evidence suggesting that the well-being of one spouse is closely correlated with that of the other. However, among older Mexican Americans, there is little information about this phenomenon. To address this, we explore two research questions: Does one spouse's well-being predict the other spouse's well-being? Are there gender differences in these effects? Design and Methods: We assess information from 553 couples who participated in Wave 1 (1993-1994) of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Using structural equation models, we examined three aspects of well-being among older Mexican American couples: depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and self-rated health. Results: The findings revealed evidence of an association between the well-being of one spouse and that of the other. Specifically, the self-rated health of husbands and wives predicts that of their partners. However, there is evidence that husbands' depressive symptoms and life satisfaction influence wives' well-being, but not the reverse. Implications: The findings from this study are important because they add to the literature on the connection of well-being among spouses, point to important gender differences, focus on an understudied minority group with unique cultural characteristics, and have implications for the examination of well-being within a marriage framework.