scholarly journals Better to Forgive or to Forget? Marital Transgressions and Forgiveness in Older Couples

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Jensen ◽  
Amy Rauer ◽  
Amanda Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Marital Functioning ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Financial Issues ◽  
Critical Process

Navigating romantic transgressions in older adulthood is imperative for both relationship quality and longevity, making forgiveness a critical process. The current study examined marital transgressions and forgiveness among 64 older (age range = 56–89), higher-functioning, primarily White, married couples studied at two time points spaced 16.4 months apart. More than half the spouses did not report a transgression in the past year, and not doing so was associated with better marital functioning at both time points. Of the transgressions reported, thematic analyses revealed they fell into six categories (e.g., spouse behaving badly, financial issues), but were overall relatively minor in nature. If husbands engaged in greater avoidance after a transgression, both spouses were less maritally satisfied a year later. Findings suggest more attention to not only forgiveness approaches employed (avoidance of the issue versus avoidance of the person) but also to the potential role of gender and timing in these associations.

scholarly journals Study of the Immunological Status of Iraqi Vitiligo Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-462
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Immunoglobulin E ◽  
Ultraviolet B ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Serum ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Apparently Healthy

Vitiligo is an acquired idiopathic skin disorder characterized by depigmented macules due to loss of cutaneous melanocytes. A potential role of the immune dysfunction has been suggested in vitiligo, so to test this hypothesis, certain cytokines (IL-17A and TNF-?) and immunoglobulins (IgM, IgG, IgA and total IgE) were investigated in all participants. The study included: 60 patients with age range between (6-55) year; 30(11 males and 19 females) were untreated and 30(12 males and 18 females) were treated with Narrow Band Ultraviolet-B (NB-UVB) and 30 (14 males and 16 females) apparently healthy control. Serum was separated and cytokines (IL-17A and TNF-?) and total immunoglobulin E (IgE) were detected by using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA); while immunoglobulins (IgM, IgG and IgA) were detected by using Single Radial Immunodiffusion (SRID) method. The results showed that the mean levels of serum IL-17A and TNF-? in both untreated and NB-UVB treated vitiligo patients were increased significantly (p ? 0.05) as compared with healthy control. The mean levels of serum IgG and IgA in untreated vitiligo patients showed non significant decreased (P

The influence of health over time on psychological distress among older couples: the moderating role of marital functioning

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Villeneuve ◽  
Gilles Trudel ◽  
Luc Dargis ◽  
Michel Préville ◽  
Richard Boyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Marital Functioning ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Over Time

Intraindividual Variability and Empathic Accuracy for Happiness in Older Couples

GeroPsych ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Victoria I. Michalowski ◽  
Denis Gerstorf ◽  
Gizem Hülür ◽  
Johanna Drewelies ◽  
Maureen C. Ashe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empathic Accuracy ◽  
Intraindividual Variability ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Socioemotional Functioning

Abstract. Empathic accuracy involves identifying the emotions of others. Most evidence is based on younger samples, which is limiting because of well-established motivational shifts that occur in older adulthood. Here, we examine associations between fluctuations in happiness and empathic accuracy, using momentary assessments of happiness from 107 couples ( Mage = 75.2) in Berlin (Germany; up to 42 assessments) and 117 couples ( Mage = 71.1) in Vancouver (Canada; up to 28 assessments). Coordinated analyses show that perceivers are more accurate when they themselves have high happiness variability (Berlin, Vancouver). Target happiness variability did not moderate accuracy slopes. Follow-up analyses explore the role of partners sharing their feelings. Examining moderators of empathic pattern accuracy extends our understanding of positive socioemotional functioning in older couples.

If He Is in Shape, So Is the Marriage: Perceptions of Physical Fitness and Exercise and Older Couples’ Marital Functioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-509
Author(s):  
Amy Rauer ◽  
Lyndsey M. Hornbuckle
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Marital Functioning ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Barriers To Exercise ◽  
Marital Problem ◽  
Problem Solving Task

The current study explored concordance in spouses’ perceptions about exercise and how these perceptions predicted observed and self-reported marital functioning using a sample of 64 older married couples. Although couples were similarly motivated to exercise, their views on their physical fitness and potential barriers to exercise were uncorrelated. Dyadic analyses suggested that spouses’ exercise perceptions, particularly husbands’, were associated with how spouses treated each other during a marital problem-solving task and with their concurrent and future marital satisfaction. Exploring how spouses’ views of exercise are related to their marital functioning and for whom these links are most salient may highlight potential opportunities and challenges for those wishing to strengthen couples’ individual and relational well-being through exercise.

scholarly journals Daily Alcohol and Cigarette Use Among Sexual Minority Adults: Moderating Role of Daily Stress and Daily Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 860-861
Author(s):  
Agus Surachman ◽  
Britney Wardecker ◽  
Cara Exten ◽  
Jes Matsick ◽  
David Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Daily Stress ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Daily Affect ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract The goal of this study was two-fold: 1) to investigate whether gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) adults, compared to heterosexual adults, used alcohol and cigarettes daily to a greater extent, and 2) to test the moderating role of daily stress and well-being on the association between GLB status and alcohol and cigarette use. We analyzed data from 3,421 adults (GLB = 98; age range = 20-83 years) who completed an 8-day daily diary protocol as part of the Midlife in the U.S. Study (MIDUS). Compared to heterosexual adults, GLB participants reported greater daily alcohol and cigarette use. However, among GLB individuals, more negative affect was associated with less daily alcohol use and people who reported more stressor days and physical symptoms across the week consumed less alcohol. We will discuss how daily affect, stress, and substance use may function differently among GLB people in middle and older adulthood.

POPDC proteins and cardiac function

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1393-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brand
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Muscle Disease ◽  
Disease Genes ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
And Function

Abstract The Popeye domain-containing gene family encodes a novel class of cAMP effector proteins in striated muscle tissue. In this short review, we first introduce the protein family and discuss their structure and function with an emphasis on their role in cyclic AMP signalling. Another focus of this review is the recently discovered role of POPDC genes as striated muscle disease genes, which have been associated with cardiac arrhythmia and muscular dystrophy. The pathological phenotypes observed in patients will be compared with phenotypes present in null and knockin mutations in zebrafish and mouse. A number of protein–protein interaction partners have been discovered and the potential role of POPDC proteins to control the subcellular localization and function of these interacting proteins will be discussed. Finally, we outline several areas, where research is urgently needed.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

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