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The influence of spouse cognitive impairment on respondents' depressive symptoms: the moderating role of marital closeness
Author(s)Roni Beth Tower, Stanislav V Kasl, Deborah J Moritz
Journal titleThe Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 5, September 1997
Pagespp S270-S278
KeywordsDementia ; Depression ; Personal relationships ; Married couples ; Husbands ; Wives.
AnnotationPrevious research has documented that in a sample of older married couples, cognitive impairment in a wife was associated with depressive symptoms in her husband. This study examined the extent to which marital closeness moderates the impact of a spouse's cognitive impairment, the stability of influences over a period of 3 years, and gender differences in the associations. It found that the men in the study were affected by cognitive impairment in their wives by showing higher levels of depressive symptoms, and that this effect was strongest in those husbands who were in mutually close marriages, and it persisted over a 3 year period. Further, if a wife had been severely impaired and died within the 3 years, the husband became less depressed.
Accession NumberCPA-971125292 A
ClassmarkEA: ENR: DS: SM: SNA: SNW

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