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 interviewsSatisfactionPerceptionContagionAdultsSuffering
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
2009
Interpersonal Effects of Suffering in Older Adult Caregiving Relationships
Monin JK, Schulz R. Interpersonal Effects of Suffering in Older Adult Caregiving Relationships. Psychology And Aging 2009, 24: 681-695. PMID: 19739924, PMCID: PMC2765123, DOI: 10.1037/a0016355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpersonal effectsEmotional experienceCare recipientsCognitive empathyEmotion regulationIndividual differencesInterpersonal phenomenonDefensive emotionsCaregiving relationshipsRelationship closenessOlder adultsFamily caregivingPast theoriesClinical interventionsFuture researchCaregiversPhysical morbidityEmotionsSufferingEmpathyBroader understandingCaregivingResearchLearningCloseness