2024
Positive affect expression during a play interaction and psychological health among older adults living with cognitive impairment and their adult children
Gad D, Wells J, Piechota A, Feeney B, Birditt K, Marottoli R, Gaugler J, Vranceanu A, Monin J. Positive affect expression during a play interaction and psychological health among older adults living with cognitive impairment and their adult children. Aging & Mental Health 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-9. PMID: 38795364, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2358096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health difficultiesPositive affective expressionPositive affectDepressive symptomsHealth difficultiesCognitive impairmentDyad membersActor Partner Interdependence ModelAssociated with lower depressive symptomsPsychological healthIndicators of psychological healthAssociated with women's mental healthMental healthAffecting expressionLower depressive symptomsParent-child relationshipMen's mental healthAdult childrenWomen's mental healthActor effectsInterdependence modelPsychosocial interventionsTrained codersSelf-reportAffect
2021
Interpersonal Associations Between Affect and Depressive Symptoms in Persons With Early Dementia and Their Spouses
Piechota A, Syed S, Monin J. Interpersonal Associations Between Affect and Depressive Symptoms in Persons With Early Dementia and Their Spouses. Innovation In Aging 2021, 5: 298-298. PMCID: PMC8969213, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.1152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative affectInterpersonal associationsSelf-reported affective experienceDepressive symptomsOwn negative affectOwn positive affectStress reduction interventionsPartner's depressive symptomsOwn depressive symptomsGreater depressive symptomsPositive affectPartner effectsAffective experiencePsychological healthLower depressive symptomsAffectEarly dementiaRandomized clinical trialsReduction interventionsSpousesClinical trialsBaseline interviewSecondary analysisSymptomsIndependent effects
2020
Dietary Behavior and Depressive Symptoms in Late-Life Marriage
Ali T, McAvay G, Monin J. Dietary Behavior and Depressive Symptoms in Late-Life Marriage. Innovation In Aging 2020, 4: 369-370. PMCID: PMC7741739, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepressive symptomsDietary behaviorsEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleMore mealsYears of ageHigher depressive symptomsLower depressive symptomsChronic conditionsDietary patternsDepression ScaleEpidemiologic studiesMore snacksSymptomsMental healthLate-life marriagePsychological healthOlder married couplesPartner Interdependence ModelActor-partner interdependence modelHealthMealMonths
2015
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Monin JK, Levy BR, Kane HS. To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2015, 72: 383-387. PMID: 26420167, PMCID: PMC5926986, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional contagionMarital satisfactionOlder adultsGreater marital satisfactionSelf-construal theoryHigher marital satisfactionPerception of levelHusbands' distressPartners' sufferingWives' distressPerson associationsOwn distressPerson effectsDaily perceptionsPsychological healthOlder couplesPhysical sufferingDistressSatisfied wivesDaily interviewsSatisfactionPerceptionContagionAdultsSufferingHusbands’ and Wives’ Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study
Monin JK, Levy B, Chen B, Fried T, Stahl ST, Schulz R, Doyle M, Kershaw T. Husbands’ and Wives’ Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 2015, 49: 704-714. PMID: 25868508, PMCID: PMC4561211, DOI: 10.1007/s12160-015-9705-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular Health StudyPhysical activityDepressive symptomsHealth StudyHealth behaviorsPsychological healthOlder adults' health behaviorsAdult health behaviorsPartner's depressive symptomsSpouse depressive symptomsOwn physical activitySymptomsDyadic path analysisLongitudinal findingsWave 7Wave 1Adult marriageSelf-report measuresWave 3Gender differencesHealthActivitySpousesFindings
2014
Compassionate Love in Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Spousal Caregivers: Associations With Caregivers’ Psychological Health
Monin JK, Schulz R, Feeney BC. Compassionate Love in Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Spousal Caregivers: Associations With Caregivers’ Psychological Health. The Gerontologist 2014, 55: 981-989. PMID: 24534607, PMCID: PMC4668762, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsAlzheimer's diseaseSpousal caregiversCaregivers' positive appraisalsCaregiver depressive symptomsSelf-reported burdenPositive caregiving appraisalsCaregiver burdenAD individualsSignificant associationSymptomsDiseaseCaregiversCaregiving appraisalsBurdenPositive appraisalPsychological healthAssociationLess burdenCaregivingIndividualsCompassionate love
2012
Caregiving spouses’ attachment orientations and the physical and psychological health of individuals with Alzheimer's disease
Monin JK, Schulz R, Kershaw TS. Caregiving spouses’ attachment orientations and the physical and psychological health of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Aging & Mental Health 2012, 17: 508-516. PMID: 23215899, PMCID: PMC3596494, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.747080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological health symptomsAttachment orientationsHealth symptomsAnxious attachmentSpousal caregiversSelf-report measuresPhysical health symptomsAttachment securityAvoidant attachmentAttachment theoryPsychological healthMore physical symptomsPartner reportsCaregiving spousesPsychological symptomsFeeling of securityChronic illnessPhysical symptomsAlzheimer's diseaseCaregiversUseful frameworkIndividualsPersonsEmotionsAttachment