Depressive Symptoms Following Later-life Marital Dissolution and Subsequent Repartnering
Depressive Symptoms Following Later-life Marital Dissolution and Subsequent Repartnering
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DOI：
10.1177/0022146519839683
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Hammersmith, Anna M.
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作者：
Lin, I-Fen;Brown, Susan L.;Hammersmith, Anna M.
在过去的20年里，50岁以上人群的离婚率翻了一番，这凸显了研究灰色离婚和随后的再婚对成年人幸福的影响的紧迫性。我们利用1998- 2014年健康与退休研究来评估灰色离婚与守寡后抑郁症状水平的变化，从而填补了这一空白。离婚或丧偶的人在离婚前就已经比那些保持婚姻的人经历了更高程度的抑郁症状。与那些丧偶的人相比，那些过渡到离婚的人抑郁症状的上升程度较低，恢复的时间也较短。当重新配对时，两组都经历了相似程度的初始减少和随后的增加速度。婚姻破裂的负面影响和重新建立关系对精神健康的有益影响都持续了好几年，尽管最终他们恢复到离婚前的抑郁症状水平。
The doubling of the divorce rate among individuals over age 50 during the past 20 years underscores the urgency of studying the consequences of gray divorce and subsequent repartnering for adult well-being. We filled this gap by using the 1998-to-2014 Health and Retirement Study to evaluate how the levels of depressive symptoms changed following gray divorce versus widowhood. Individuals who divorced or became widowed already had experienced higher levels of depressive symptoms before dissolution relative to those who remained married. Compared with those who became widowed, those who transitioned to divorce experienced a lower elevation and a shorter time to recovery in depressive symptoms. When repartnering, both groups experienced similar magnitudes of initial reduction and subsequent rates of increase. Both the negative consequences of marital dissolution and the beneficial effects of repartnership for mental health persisted for several years, although ultimately they reverted to their predissolution levels of depressive symptoms.