Marriage as a training ground: Examining change in self-control and forgiveness over the first 4 years of marriage

Do partners’ levels of self-control and forgiveness change over the course of marriage? Based on the idea that marriage may function as a training ground for these vital relationship abilities, we hypothesized that people increase their levels of self-control and forgiveness over time and that these developments take place simultaneously. We tested these predictions among 199 newlywed couples in the first 4 years of marriage, using a dyadic latent growth curves analysis. Confirming our hypotheses, results showed significant increases in self-control and forgiveness as well as a positive concurrent correlation between these variables. However, the developments of self-control and forgiveness were unrelated. So, while people become more self-controlled and forgiving over the course of a marriage, these developments do not coincide.

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Latent growth curves and predictors of depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescent earthquake survivors

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.009 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 100 ◽

pp. 173-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ya Zhou ◽

Qingguo Han ◽

Fang Fan

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Growth Curves ◽

Latent Growth ◽

Latent Growth Curves ◽

Chinese Adolescent ◽

Earthquake Survivors

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Legitimacy and the Life Course: An Age-graded Examination of Changes in Legitimacy Attitudes over Time

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0022427818793934 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 42-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kyle McLean ◽

Scott E. Wolfe ◽

Travis C. Pratt

Keyword(s):

Emerging Adulthood ◽

Family Support ◽

Criminal Behavior ◽

Self Control ◽

Criminal Offending ◽

Latent Growth ◽

The Life Course ◽

Pathways To Desistance ◽

Changes Over Time ◽

Over Time

Objectives: A body of literature has demonstrated that the perceived legitimacy of legal authorities is an important predictor of criminal offending. Criminal offending is itself age-graded and good explanations of offending should offer some insight for how it changes as individuals age. This article attempts to address this gap by developing and testing seven hypotheses regarding how legitimacy changes over time. Method: Using panel data from the Pathways to Desistance study, a latent growth model (LGM) for legitimacy examines how evaluations of legitimacy change from adolescence to emerging adulthood as well as what factors influence this change. Results: During the period individuals were involved in the study, the LGM revealed that perceptions of legitimacy increase as individuals progress through adolescence before stabilizing in emerging adulthood. Several theoretical factors were related to individuals’ legitimacy evaluations including parental evaluations of legitimacy, family support, emotionality, and self-control. Most importantly, perceptions of procedural justice were found to be related to legitimacy, but this relationship weakened as individuals aged. Conclusions: Evaluations of the legitimacy of legal authorities are, in fact, age-graded. Criminologists should continue to explore the sources of legitimacy evaluations in further developing legitimacy as an important theory of criminal behavior.

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Modeling Latent Growth Curves With Incomplete Data Using Different Types of Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Software

Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal ◽

10.1207/s15328007sem1103_8 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 452-483 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Emilio Ferrer ◽

Fumiaki Hamagami ◽

John J. McArdle

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Incomplete Data ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Growth Curves ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Latent Growth ◽

Latent Growth Curves ◽

Different Types

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Differing determinants of disability trends among men and women aged 50 years and older

BMC Geriatrics ◽

10.1186/s12877-021-02574-3 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ya-Mei Chen ◽

Tung-Liang Chiang ◽

Duan-Rung Chen ◽

Yu-Kang Tu ◽

Hsiao-Wei Yu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Functional Status ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Growth Curves ◽

Rate Of Change ◽

Physically Active ◽

Men And Women ◽

Latent Growth Curves ◽

Lower Baseline ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

Over Time

Abstract Background Researchers have emphasized the importance of examining how different factors affect men’s and women’s functional status over time. To date, the literature is unclear about whether sex affects the rate of change in disability in middle to older age. Researchers have further emphasized the importance of examining how different factors affect men’s and women’s functional status over time. We examined (a) sex differences in disability trends and (b) the determinants of the rate of change in disability for men and women 50 years and older. Methods This study utilized the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging Survey, a nationally representative database (four waves of survey data 1996–2007, N = 3429). We modeled and compared the differences in disability trends and the influences of determinants on trends among men and women using multiple-indicator and multiple-group latent growth curves modeling (LGCM). Equality constraints were imposed on 10 determinants across groups. Results Once disability began, women progressed toward greater disability 18% faster than men. Greater age added about 1.2 times the burden to the rate of change in disability for women than men (p < 0.001). More comorbidities also added significantly more burden to baseline disability and rate of change in disability among women than men (p < 0.001), but women benefited more from higher education levels in lower baseline disability and slower rate of change. Having a better social network was associated with lower baseline disability among women only (p < 0.05). For both men and women, physically active leisure-time activities were beneficial in lower baseline disability (pmen and women < 0.001) and rate of change in disability (pmen < 0.01; pwomen < 0.05), with no significant differences between groups. Conclusions Age may widen the sex gap in the rate of change in disability. However, both sexes benefit from participating in leisure-time activities. Promoting health literacy improves health outcomes and physical function among women.

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