Everyday dyadic coping in aging couples: the effects of positive and negative coping behaviors and their discrepancy on the stress-reactivity process.
Objectives Although spousal support is critical for managing older adults' long-term care dependence, the role of different spousal coping behaviors in stress reactivity remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the effects of positive and negative spousal coping behaviors and partner discrepanci...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Aug2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195931915&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195931915 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10795014 JGB jtl: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences issn: 10795014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 81 iid: 8 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195931915 10.1093/geronb/gbag095 ppf: 1 ppct: 15 formats: tig: atl: Everyday dyadic coping in aging couples: the effects of positive and negative coping behaviors and their discrepancy on the stress-reactivity process. aug: au: Zhang, Jiewen Jia, Yezi Chen, Beizhuo Liu, Huiying Nie, Junyu Lou, Vivian Weiqun affil: Department of Sociology, Central South University, Changsha, China Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaSau Po Center on Ageing, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China su: China Spouses Psychological adaptation Behavior Home environment Psychological well-being Emotions Aging Psychological stress Housekeeping Psychological tests Interpersonal relations Social support Activities of daily living Old age Research funding Adaptability (Personality) in old age Scientific observation sug: subj: Spouses Psychological adaptation Behavior Home environment Psychological well-being Emotions Aging Psychological stress Housekeeping Psychological tests Interpersonal relations Social support Activities of daily living Old age China Janitorial services (except window cleaning) Janitorial Services Other Individual and Family Services Research funding Adaptability (Personality) in old age Scientific observation keyword: coping behavior copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 Daily stressors Ecological momentary assessment https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag095 inLanguage:en Negative affect publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42178220/ Spousal coping stress stressor coping behavior copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 Daily stressors Ecological momentary assessment https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag095 inLanguage:en Negative affect publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42178220/ Spousal coping stress stressor ab: Objectives Although spousal support is critical for managing older adults' long-term care dependence, the role of different spousal coping behaviors in stress reactivity remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the effects of positive and negative spousal coping behaviors and partner discrepancies on stress reactivity among older adults in China. Methods Using 8,385 observations, an ecological momentary assessment study (N = 107 couples) investigated the occurrence of daily stressors and the immediate effect on negative affect (NA), as well as the moderating roles of spousal coping behaviors and their discrepancies in older adults. We measured 4 types of daily stressors, NA, spousal supportive, and negative coping behaviors as reported by each partner, and discrepancies in these coping behaviors between partners. Results Daily stressors were associated with higher NA, with health and home-related stressors showing the most consistent effects across partners. Supportive coping behaviors buffered the impact of three stressor types on NA for both partners. However, when wives experienced health or home-related stressors and perceived higher negative coping behaviors from their husbands, their NA reactivity increased. By contrast, greater discrepancies in coping behaviors, whether supportive or negative, significantly moderated NA only among husbands. Discussion These findings highlight the importance of fostering supportive coping strategies in daily interactions among older couples and suggest that interventions should be tailored to gendered coping mechanisms. Specifically, enhancing husbands' supportive coping may ease wives' emotional burden, while promoting similarity in coping may protect husbands from heightened negative affect. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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