Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J Women Aging. 2021 Mar-Apr;33(2):137-152. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2020.1852859. Epub 2021 Jan 1.
This study examines associations of older husbands' and wives' cognitive functioning with both partners' marital quality. Generalized structural equation modeling analyzed data from 1,432 opposite-sex couples drawn from the 2016 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. Findings revealed that wives' poorer cognitive functioning was associated with wives reporting greater closeness and enjoyment of time with a spouse, whereas husbands' poorer cognitive functioning was associated with wives reporting greater marital strain, lower marital support, lower closeness, and less enjoyment of time with a spouse. This suggests that cognitive functioning has dyadic consequences for marital quality, which are highly gendered.
本研究考察了老年丈夫和妻子的认知功能与夫妻双方婚姻质量之间的关系。广义结构方程模型分析了来自 2016 年健康与退休研究的 1432 对异性夫妻的数据。研究结果表明，妻子认知功能较差与妻子报告与配偶更亲近和享受相处时光有关，而丈夫认知功能较差与妻子报告婚姻压力更大、婚姻支持较少、与配偶更不亲近、相处时光不愉快有关。这表明认知功能对婚姻质量有双重影响，且具有明显的性别差异。
