Correlates of Positive and Negative Marital Quality Among Older Hispanic Adults in the United States.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Applied Gerontology Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1177/07334648251324999

Jaminette M Nazario-Acevedo, Takashi Yamashita, Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, J Scott Brown

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Abstract

Marital quality is linked to the well-being of older adults. Social networks tend to shrink in later life, and older adults often rely on their spouses for social support. A better understanding of subpopulations with distinctive sociocultural characteristics, such as older Hispanic adults, is warranted. Hispanic cultural values represented as familismo-the value placed on family relationships-make marital relationships even more critical. The present study investigated the correlates of positive and negative marital quality constructs among older Hispanic adults aged 51 years and older. Regression analysis of the 2016/2018 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data (n = 1012) showed that women (b = -0.25, p < .05) reported lower positive marital quality than men. Also, depressive symptoms (b = -0.14, p < .05) were associated with greater negative marital quality. The present study evaluated marital quality correlates among unique and understudied older Hispanic populations and explored possible theoretical explanations.

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美国老年西班牙裔成年人中积极和消极婚姻质量的相关因素。

婚姻质量与老年人的幸福息息相关。随着年龄的增长，社交网络往往会缩小，老年人往往依赖于配偶的社会支持。有必要更好地了解具有独特社会文化特征的亚人群，例如老年西班牙裔成年人。西班牙人的文化价值观表现为家庭主义，即重视家庭关系，这使得婚姻关系更加重要。本研究调查了51岁及以上的西班牙裔老年人的积极和消极婚姻质量结构的相关性。对2016/2018年健康与退休研究（HRS）数据（n = 1012）的回归分析显示，女性（b = -0.25, p < 0.05）报告的积极婚姻质量低于男性。此外，抑郁症状（b = -0.14, p < 0.05）与更大的负面婚姻质量相关。本研究评估了独特的和未被充分研究的老年西班牙裔人群的婚姻质量相关性，并探索了可能的理论解释。

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Journal of Applied Gerontology GERONTOLOGY-

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5.10

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13.30%

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202

期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.