Monin Joan K, Levy Becca, Chen Baibing, Fried Terri, Stahl Sarah T, Schulz Richard, Doyle Margaret, Kershaw Trace
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA,
Ann Behav Med. 2015 Oct;49(5):704-14. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9705-4.
When examining older adults' health behaviors and psychological health, it is important to consider the social context.
The purpose of this study was to examine in older adult marriages whether each spouse's physical activity predicted changes in their own (actor effects) and their partner's (partner effects) depressive symptoms. Gender differences were also examined.
Each spouse within 1260 married couples (at baseline) in the Cardiovascular Health Study completed self-report measures at wave 1 (1989-1990), wave 3 (1992-1993), and wave 7 (1996-1997). Dyadic path analyses were performed.
Husbands' physical activity significantly predicted own decreased depressive symptoms (actor effect). For both spouses, own physical activity did not significantly predict the spouse's depressive symptoms (partner effects). However, husbands' physical activity and depressive symptoms predicted wives' physical activity and depressive symptoms (partner effects), respectively. Depressive symptoms did not predict physical activity.
Findings suggest that husbands' physical activity is particularly influential for older married couples' psychological health.
在研究老年人的健康行为和心理健康时，考虑社会背景很重要。
本研究的目的是在老年婚姻中检验每位配偶的身体活动是否能预测其自身（主效应）以及其伴侣（伴侣效应）抑郁症状的变化。同时也研究了性别差异。
心血管健康研究中1260对已婚夫妇（基线时）的每位配偶在第1波（1989 - 1990年）、第3波（1992 - 1993年）和第7波（1996 - 1997年）完成了自我报告测量。进行了二元路径分析。
丈夫的身体活动显著预测了自身抑郁症状的减轻（主效应）。对于夫妻双方来说，自身的身体活动并未显著预测配偶的抑郁症状（伴侣效应）。然而，丈夫的身体活动和抑郁症状分别预测了妻子的身体活动和抑郁症状（伴侣效应）。抑郁症状并未预测身体活动。
研究结果表明，丈夫的身体活动对老年已婚夫妇的心理健康尤其有影响。
