Open AccessMidlife general psychopathology trajectories and later-life physical health in husbands and wives.
Author(s) -
Tae Kyoung Lee,
K. A. S. Wickrama,
Catherine Walker O’Neal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000745
Subject(s) - hostility , psychopathology , psychology , anxiety , context (archaeology) , latent growth modeling , multilevel model , mental health , psychological intervention , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , machine learning , computer science , biology
General psychopathology (GPP), as reflected by dimensional symptoms of depression, anxiety, and hostility, has been shown to have a persistent influence on physical health problems. Yet, little is known about longitudinal changes in GPP and the long-term GPP- physical health process within married couples over their midlater years. This study examined the multilevel influence of GPP trajectories on husbands' and wives' physical health problems at the couple- and individual-levels over a period of 25 years.