TY - JOUR
T1 - Supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent partner evaluations in midlife and young-old adulthood
AU - Windsor, Timothy
AU - Butterworth, Peter
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - Age group differences in self-reported supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent partner relations were examined in a large sample of midlife (aged 40-44 at baseline, n = 1,719) and older (aged 60-64 at baseline, n = 1,675) married and partnered adults assessed on two occasions 4 years apart. Older adults, particularly older men, were more likely to rate their relationship as supportive and less likely to rate their relationship as aversive relative to midlife adults. Midlife adults were more likely to provide ambivalent or indifferent assessments (as opposed to supportive assessments) of their relationship relative to older adults. Results are discussed in the context of possible developmental changes in interpersonal and intimate relations occurring in middle and older adulthood.
AB - Age group differences in self-reported supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent partner relations were examined in a large sample of midlife (aged 40-44 at baseline, n = 1,719) and older (aged 60-64 at baseline, n = 1,675) married and partnered adults assessed on two occasions 4 years apart. Older adults, particularly older men, were more likely to rate their relationship as supportive and less likely to rate their relationship as aversive relative to midlife adults. Midlife adults were more likely to provide ambivalent or indifferent assessments (as opposed to supportive assessments) of their relationship relative to older adults. Results are discussed in the context of possible developmental changes in interpersonal and intimate relations occurring in middle and older adulthood.
KW - Ambivalence
KW - Midlife
KW - Spousal relations
KW - Young-old
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951226153&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbq016
DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbq016
M3 - Article
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 65B
SP - 287
EP - 295
JO - Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 3
ER -