Quality of Marriages in Later Life and Emotional and Social Loneliness
Quality of Marriages in Later Life and Emotional and Social Loneliness
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbn043
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Smit, Johannes H.
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作者：
Gierveld, Jenny de Jong;van Groenou, Marjolein Broese;Smit, Johannes H.
我们考察了老年人的情感和社会孤独程度，以及对婚姻功能和质量的评估如何发挥作用。755名年龄在-92岁之间的受访者的数据来自阿姆斯特丹的纵向老龄化研究(2001年至2002年)。采用分层负二项回归分析，在4-5岁的已婚老年人中，有1/4表现出中度或重度的情绪或社交孤独感。在那些配偶有健康问题、不经常从配偶那里获得情感支持、不经常交谈或意见不合、或认为自己目前的性生活不(非常)愉快或不适用的成年人中，可以观察到更强的情感和社交孤独。再婚女性的情感孤独感更强，而配偶有残疾的老年男性尤其具有明显的社交孤独感。此外，较小的社交网络和较少与孩子的接触也会增加晚年的情感和社交孤独感。区分婚姻质量和性别可以更好地洞察已婚老年人的情感和社交孤独感。
We examine the extent of emotional and social loneliness among older people and how the evaluation of the functioning and quality of marriages plays a role.Data on 755 respondents aged 64-92 are taken from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (Wave 2001-2002). Hierarchical negative binomial regression analysis is used.Between 1 in 4 and 5 older adults who are married exhibit moderate or strong emotional or social loneliness. Stronger emotional and social loneliness is observed in adults whose spouse has health problems, who do not often receive emotional support from the spouse, who have nonfrequent conversations or are in disagreement, or who evaluate their current sex life as not (very) pleasant or not applicable. Emotional loneliness is stronger among women in second marriages, whereas marked social loneliness is especially characteristic of older men with disabled spouses. Moreover, smaller social networks and less contact with children also increase emotional and social loneliness in later life.Differentiating marital quality and gender provides greater insight into emotional and social loneliness in married older people.