Gerwitz Geneva C, August Kristin J, Markey Charlotte N
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA.
Department of Psychology and Health, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA.
Health Psychol Open. 2023 Jan 5;10(1):20551029221143670. doi: 10.1177/20551029221143670. eCollection 2023 Jan-Jun.
Using data from 148 middle-aged and older adult spouses whose partners had type 2 diabetes, we sought to examine spouses' motives for involvement in their partners' diabetes management and whether these motives were related to common types of diabetes-related spousal involvement; we also sought to understand gender differences in these dynamics. Spouses indicated being motivated to be involved in their partners' diabetes management due to altruistic motives to the greatest extent and egoistic motives to the least extent. Results from multivariable regression analyses that controlled for gender, marital quality, and spouses' own conditions requiring dietary changes revealed that all types of motives were related to the frequency of providing diet-related spousal support, whereas only egoistic motives were related to the frequency of exerting diet-related spousal control. We did not find gender differences in any motives nor in associations with spousal involvement. Findings have potential implications for couples-oriented chronic illness interventions.
我们使用来自148名中年及老年配偶的数据，这些配偶的伴侣患有2型糖尿病，我们试图研究配偶参与其伴侣糖尿病管理的动机，以及这些动机是否与常见的糖尿病相关配偶参与类型有关；我们还试图了解这些动态中的性别差异。配偶表示，参与伴侣糖尿病管理的动机最大程度上是出于利他动机，最小程度上是出于利己动机。多变量回归分析结果控制了性别、婚姻质量和配偶自身需要饮食改变的状况，结果显示，所有类型的动机都与提供与饮食相关的配偶支持的频率有关，而只有利己动机与施加与饮食相关的配偶控制的频率有关。我们没有发现任何动机以及与配偶参与之间的关联存在性别差异。这些发现对以夫妻为导向的慢性病干预具有潜在意义。
