Dynamics of Adaptation in Very Old Age: Within-Person and Across-Partner Processes in the Daily Lives of Couples
Final Report Abstract
Work supported by this grant has comprehensively demonstrated how closely intertwined the everyday lives and long-term developmental trajectories often are between (married) spouses in old and very old age. Such spousal associations exist over and above key individual characteristics of both partners and constitute dyad-level characteristics that both profoundly shape and are shaped by the lives of both partners involved. Such linked lives can be both a blessing and a curse, depending upon the specific life circumstances and the outcome variable of interest. Acknowledging such interdependent lives and better understand some of the underlying pathways promises to help older adults make the best out of remaining resources and maintain quality of life for as long as possible.
Publications
- (2016). Empathic accuracy for happiness in the daily lives of older couples: Fluid cognitive performance predicts pattern accuracy among men. Psychology and Aging, 31, 545-552
Hueluer, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Rauers, A., Schade, H., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pag0000109) - (2017). How the social ecology and social situation shape individuals’ affect valence and arousal. Emotion, 17, 509-527
Vogel, N., Ram, N., Conroy, D., Pincus, A., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0000244) - (2018). Analyzing dyadic data using Grid-Sequence Analysis: Inter-dyad differences in intra-dyad dynamics. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73, 5-18
Brinberg, M., Ram, N., Hueluer, G., Brick, T. R., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw160) - The measurement of within-person affect variation. Emotion
Brose, A., Schmiedek, F., Gerstorf, D., & Voelkle, M. C.
(See online at https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0000583) - (2020). Cortisol synchrony in older couples: Daily socioemotional correlates and interpersonal differences. Psychosomatic Medicine
Pauly, T., Michalowski, V. I., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000838) - (2020). I feel you, we can do this: Partner similarity in emotional experience and dyadic mastery in older couples. GeroPsych
Schade, H. M., Drewelies, J., Hueluer, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000228) - (2020). Intraindividual variability and empathic accuracy for happiness in older couples. GeroPsych.
Michalowski, V. I., Gerstorf, D., Hueluer, G., Drewelies, J., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000233) - (2020). Moody and thin-skinned? The interplay of neuroticism and momentary affect in older romantic couples. British Journal of Psychology
Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Hueluer, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12452) - (2020). The more we are in control, the merrier? Partner perceived control and negative affect in the daily lives of older couples. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(2), 338-348
Drewelies, J., Schade, H., Hueluer, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby009)
