Well-Being in Older Mexican American Spouses | Zendy

M. Kristen Peek | Zendy; Jim P. Stimpson | Zendy; Aloen L. Townsend | Zendy; Kyriakos S. Markides | Zendy

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Well-Being in Older Mexican American Spouses

Author(s) -

M. Kristen Peek,

Jim P. Stimpson,

Aloen L. Townsend,

Kyriakos S. Markides

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/46.2.258

Subject(s) - spouse , psychology , well being , life satisfaction , depressive symptoms , association (psychology) , health and retirement study , gerontology , structural equation modeling , mexican americans , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , sociology , cognition , ethnic group , statistics , mathematics , anthropology , psychotherapist

There is a strong connection between marriage and well-being, with evidence suggesting that the well-being of one spouse is closely correlated with that of the other. However, among older Mexican Americans, there is little information about this phenomenon. To address this, we explore two research questions: Does one spouse's well-being predict the other spouse's well-being? Are there gender differences in these effects?

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