Emotional congruence in older couples coping with wives' osteoarthritis: Exacerbating effects of pain behavior
| Autor: | William C. Wojno, Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Jennifer A. Druley, Lynn M. Martire, Nicole Ennis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Pain Osteoarthritis Anger medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Spouses Psychiatry Depressive symptoms Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Depression Middle Aged medicine.disease Caregivers behavior and behavior mechanisms Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Pain behavior Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychology and Aging. 18:406-414 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1498 0882-7974 |
| Popis: | The authors examined congruence in the negative emotions (depression, anger) of 101 female osteoarthritis patients (M age = 69 years) and their caregiving husbands (M age = 71 years) and the extent to which patients' pain behavior (e.g., limping, rubbing joints) exacerbated linkages between partners' negative emotions. Associations between patients' and husbands' emotions were examined within domains (e.g., depression-depression) and across domains (e.g., depression-anger) over a 6-month interval. Regression analyses revealed that patients' initial levels of depressive symptoms and anger were related to increases in their husbands' anger over time. The associations between patients' depressive symptoms and their husbands' depressive symptoms and anger were conditioned by pain behaviors. Patients who were more depressed and who engaged in high levels of pain behavior had husbands who became more depressed and angry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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