Couple Relationships and Health during Transition to Later Adulthood

描述(由申请人提供)：该申请寻求五年的支持，以从一个由近400对夫妇组成的小组中收集新的两波数据(2014-2019年)，这些夫妇参与了家庭过渡项目(1989年、1990年、1991年、1992年和1994年)和中年过渡项目(MTP；2001)的前几波数据。回到这个小组的目的是记录从中年到晚年过渡期间夫妻关系和健康(广义上包括心理和身体健康)的连续性和变化。在FTP和MTP下收集的数据现在正被第三个项目--基因组广泛关联研究(Gwas)--所增强，根据该项目，正在从相同的成年人那里收集遗传数据。几乎所有的参与者都是处于退休年龄的婴儿潮一代。在过去的两波数据中增加新的两波数据，提供了大量关于目前正在过渡到退休年龄的男性和女性的预期数据。之前关于夫妻关系和健康随年龄增长的连续性和变化的研究结果喜忧参半。这可能归因于以前的研究能力有限，无法调查夫妻之间的互动和关系质量与长期夫妻关系和生活史的背景，以及未能将配偶的 考虑到工作和经济情况。此外，大多数关于老年夫妇关系的研究还没有能够利用关于遗传标记的新研究。拟议的研究很好地解决了这些关切。通过将新数据与上述早期数据相结合，我们将获得关于25年来收集的夫妇的广泛信息。这些数据将包括对婚姻、经济和工作历史、父母经历、社会地位、支持、身心健康以及基因信息的密集评估。这种全面的视角和长远的视角为解决现有研究中的矛盾提供了前景。我们将把从中年到成年的过渡放在一个长期的生活过程和家庭背景中，并检查夫妻关系和健康的连续性和变化。我们还将考虑到持久脆弱性的缓和效应，包括那些可归因于遗传标记的脆弱性。我们将使用尖端的分析技术，这一直是我们过去研究的标志。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks five years of support to collect new two waves of data (2014-2019) from a panel of nearly 400 couples who participated in earlier waves of the Family Transitions Project (FTP; 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994) and the Midlife Transition Project (MTP; 2001). The purpose of returning to this panel is to document the continuity and change in couple relationships and health (broadly defined to include mental and physical health) over transition from middle to later years. The data assembled under FTP and MTP are now being augmented by a third project, a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS), whereby genetic data are being collected from the same adults. Nearly all of the participants are baby-boomers who are in their retirement years. Adding new two waves of data to these past waves provides a wealth of prospective data on men and women as they currently transition through the retirement years. Previous research on the continuity and change in couple relationships and health over elder years is mixed. This may be attributed to the limited ability of previous studies to investigate the couples' interactions and relationship quality withi the contexts of long-term couple relationships and life histories, and the failure to take spouses' work and economic circumstances into account. Furthermore, most studies on couples' relationship in elder years have not been able to capitalize on new research regarding genetic markers. The proposed study is well-positioned to address these concerns. By combining new data with the earlier data described above, we will have extensive information on couples collected over a 25 year period. The data will include intensive assessments of marital, economic, and work histories, parental experiences, social status, support, and physical and mental health as well as genotypic information. This comprehensive perspective and the 'long-term view' offer the prospect of resolving contradictions in existing research. We will place the transition from midlife to later adulthood in a long-term life course and family contexts and examine continuity and change in couple relationships and health. We will also take into account the moderating effects of enduring vulnerabilities including those attributable to genetic markers. We will use the cutting-edge analytical techniques that have been the hallmark of our past research.