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1	An Exploration And Comparison Of Indicators Of Marital Sexuality As Predictors Of Marital Disruption Dzara, Kristina 01 January 2009 (has links) Little is known about how marital sexual interaction influences eventual marital disruption, despite research in various disciplines examining the sex lives of the married. This relatively unexplored area compels sociological inquiry, since most Americans will marry, yet about 44 percent of all marriages are expected to end in divorce. Surprisingly, no one has posed the question: Does frequent, satisfying, and agreeable marital sexual interaction help to sustain a marriage? Further, do these indicators work separately or together to influence marital disruption? With panel data from the Marriage Matters Panel Survey of Newlywed Couples, 1998 - 2004, I utilize these three indicators (frequency, satisfaction, and agreement) to assess this question, as well as how the indicators of marital sexuality influence each other. The results provide evidence that the influence of marital sexuality on marital disruption is limited. However, interesting gender nuances appear and indicate that husband's satisfaction with physical intimacy early in marriage has a consistent positive effect on whether or not the couple will experience a marital disruption. Marital Disruption Marriage Sexuality
2	Marital disruption is associated with shorter salivary telomere length in a probability sample of older adults. Whisman, Mark A., Robustelli, Briana L., Sbarra, David A. 05 1900 (has links) Marital disruption (i.e., marital separation, divorce) is associated with a wide range of poor mental and physical health outcomes, including increased risk for all-cause mortality. One biological intermediary that may help explain the association between marital disruption and poor health is accelerated cellular aging. United States Telomere Cellular aging Marital disruption Divorce Marital separation
3	Marital Disruption and Chronic Disease in Older Adults January 2016 (has links) abstract: The beginning of the large Baby Boomer cohort's retirement, coupled with the increased divorce rate among older adults, means that there will be more single older adults than ever before beginning to consider living arrangements and long-term care needs as they age. Using a cumulative (dis)advantage framework and logistic regression, this research examines whether marital disruption and social support at Wave 1 increase the odds of having a specific chronic disease at Wave 2, diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension. The sample consists of 2,261 adults age 57-85 who participated in the first two waves of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). Being female and having more positive social support reduced the odds of having diabetes at Wave 2. Being older at Wave 1 increased the odds of having congestive heart failure at Wave 2. Being black and having a happy family life in childhood increased the odds of having hypertension at Wave 2. Suggestions for increasing positive social support are discussed, along with implications for long-term care and health education. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Sociology 2016 Sociology Aging Individual & family studies cumulative disadvantage diabetes hypertension marital disruption social support
4	Marital biography and well-being in later life: the role of remarriage, disruption pathways, and duration on health, parent-child contact, and ambivalence toward children Hammersmith, Anna Marie 23 July 2018 (has links) No description available. Aging Sociology Demography Gerontology Families and Family Life Aging Families Older Adults Remarriage Marital Disruption Marital Duration Marital Biography Health Contact Ambivalence Parent-Child Relationships

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