@article {11306,
	title = {Does the Sharing of Resources Impact Health Among Married Couples? New Findings From Dyadic Models},
	journal = {Innovation in Aging},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {582},
	abstract = {As married couples aging together, their health behaviors and outcomes could be shaped by both one{\textquoteright}s own and the spouse{\textquoteright}s characteristics. Using dyadic datasets, speakers in this symposium explored the interdependence nature of marital relations by identifying the mechanisms of how shared resources or strains affect spouses{\textquoteright} physical and mental health outcomes among married couples. Wang, Kim, and Burr identified distinct types of personality configurations among older couples using the Health and Retirement Study, and examined how personality compatibilities could buffer negative effects of adverse life events on older couples{\textquoteright} mental health. Using data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, Proulx, Skoblow, and Han further investigated the associations between marital quality and mental health among caregiving dyads, with a special focus on a comparison of different caregiving groups (spouse, child, others). From a physical health perspective, Wilson and Novak presented the dynamic behind relationship quality, joint health behaviors, health problems, health satisfaction, and health similarity between spouses. Finally, Kim, Jang, Park, and Chiriboga focused on couple contexts for acculturation among older Korean immigrants in the U.S., and examined how each spousal acculturation level affects healthcare utilization and difficulties in health service use. Focusing on married couples, this symposium showcases the interplay of family experiences, health behaviors, and relational dynamics of both spouses in shaping their health, and highlights the benefits of dyadic approaches. Speakers and our discussant, Dr. Karen Lyons, will discuss implications for social program design and future research.},
	keywords = {dyadic models, health, Married Individuals},
	isbn = {2399-5300},
	doi = {10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1941},
	author = {Wang, Shuangshuang and Kim, Kyungmin and Lyons, Karen}
}
@article {10916,
	title = {The Implications of Providing Grandchild Care for Grandparents{\textquoteright} Marital Quality},
	journal = {Journal of Family Issues},
	year = {2020},
	abstract = {This study distinguished among types of grandchild care (i.e., co-residence, high and low levels of babysitting, and no care), and examined their associations with grandparents? marital quality. The sample consisted of 7,267 married grandparents aged 40 years and over from the 2008, 2010, and 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Providing grandchild care generally undermined grandparents? marital quality; however, different types of grandchild care affected different aspects of marital quality. The negative effects of providing grandchild care were more pronounced among grandmothers than grandfathers. Grandmothers providing high-level babysitting care were at especially higher risk of experiencing marital strain among the caregiver groups. Findings suggest that providing grandchild care appears to be more of a stressor than a source of reward with respect to shaping grandparents? marital quality. Sensitivity to such impact on marital quality may be usefully incorporated into developing supports and services meant for grandparent caregivers.},
	keywords = {Child Care, dyadic relationship/quality/satisfaction, gender and family, intergenerational, quantitative},
	isbn = {0192-513X},
	doi = {10.1177/0192513X20934845},
	author = {Wang, Shuangshuang and Jan E Mutchler}
}
@article {11298,
	title = {Older Couples Coping With Adverse Life Events: The Importance of Dyadic Personality Profiles},
	journal = {Innovation in Aging},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {582-583},
	abstract = {Personality can be an important resource as older couples cope with adverse life events. Analyzing 4,893 older couples from the Health and Retirement Study, this study examined how one{\textquoteright}s own and spouse{\textquoteright}s adverse life events (health decline, job exit, loss of wealth, family member{\textquoteright}s death) occurring in the past two years are associated with changes in depressive symptoms. We further examined the moderating effects for this association of six dyadic personality profiles (combinations of spouses{\textquoteright} positive and negative personality characteristics). We found significant actor and partner effects of health decline for increases in both spouses{\textquoteright} depressive symptoms, and significant actor effects of a family death for husbands{\textquoteright} increased depressive symptoms. For wives, having positive personality profiles buffered negative effects of one{\textquoteright}s own health decline and spouses{\textquoteright} family death, whereas having negative profiles intensified negative effects of husbands{\textquoteright} job exit and loss of wealth on the depressive symptoms for both spouses.},
	keywords = {dyadic personality profiles, Older couples},
	isbn = {2399-5300},
	doi = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7741535/},
	author = {Wang, Shuangshuang and Kim, Kyungmin and Jeffrey A Burr}
}
@mastersthesis {9731,
	title = {Grandchild Care and Marital Quality in Later Life},
	volume = {PhD},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {185},
	school = {University of Massachusetts},
	type = {Dissertation},
	address = {Boston},
	abstract = {Grandparents providing any type of care to their grandchildren are typically married. Having a good marital quality has great implications to older adults{\textquoteright} health and longevity; however, our knowledge regarding how marital quality could be shaped by providing grandchild care is limited. Guided by the Stress Process Model and Role Theory (i.e. role strain perspective, role enhancement perspective and gender roles), this dissertation examined the associations between grandparents{\textquoteright} marital quality and three aspects of grandchild care: types of care, transitions in care, and division of care between spouses. Each aspect was examined in one of the three studies that composed this dissertation. In addition, gender differences in the impacts of providing grandchild care on grandparents{\textquoteright} marital quality was investigated in each study.

Using data of 7,275 married grandparents aged 40 and over from the 2008, 2010 and 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, multiple-imputation estimate logistic and linear regression models were conducted to predict marital quality (i.e., perceived closeness with spouse, perceived spousal support, perceived spousal strain).

Providing high-intensity grandchild care (i.e. primary, co-parenting and high levels of babysitting) was associated with grandparents{\textquoteright} lower marital quality. The negative consequences of high-intensity care were established both for grandparents who transitioned into high levels of care, and those who provided care on an ongoing basis. The negative effect of providing high-intensity care on marital quality was more pronounced among women than among men. In contrast, the positive effect of discontinuing high-intensity care on marital quality is more pronounced among men than among women. Regarding division of care, equal sharing between spouses was associated with grandparents{\textquoteright} higher marital quality than having a spouse who provided less care, and the effect was same among men and women. Findings of this dissertation aligned with the Stress Process Model and the role strain perspective.

Support groups may help raise awareness among grandparents that providing grandchild care may affect their marital quality, and create marital relationship-specific activities. Health professionals and counselors should be aware that grandparents who provide intensive care to their grandchildren or care that is uneven between spouses could be at higher risk for marital distress.},
	keywords = {Caregiving, Family Roles/Relationships, Grandparents, Marriage},
	url = {https://search.proquest.com/docview/2051417236/abstract/8520E329230146CBPQ/1?accountid=14667},
	author = {Wang, Shuangshuang}
}
@article {9983,
	title = {Personality similarity and marital quality among couples in later life},
	journal = {Personal Relationships},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {565-580},
	abstract = {Using a modified actor-partner interdependence model, associations of individuals{\textquoteright} personality traits (i.e., actor and partner effects) and personality similarity (i.e., trait-level and profile-level similarity between spouses) with marital quality were examined among 2,228 older couples from the Health and Retirement Study (2010/2012). Actor and partner effects of personality traits were stronger than similarities in explaining older couples{\textquoteright} marital quality. Trait-level and profile-level similarities also contributed to marital quality. The effects of personality traits and personality similarity were similar for husbands and wives, although some gender differences in the partner effects were detected. Findings suggest that the effects of personality on marital quality persist into old age, indicating that being similar on personalities may be a benefit to older couples{\textquoteright} marriages.},
	keywords = {Gender Differences, Marriage, Personality},
	doi = {10.1111/pere.2018.25.issue-410.1111/pere.12260},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/pere.2018.25.issue-4http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/pere.12260http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/pere.12260/fullpdfhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111\%2Fpere.12260},
	author = {Wang, Shuangshuang and Kyungmin Kim and Boerner, Kathrin}
}
