Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model

Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model

Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Jariah Masud, Sharifah Azizah Haron, Rahimah IbrahimInstitute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaBackground: There is a growing body of literature indicating that attitudes toward aging significantly affect older adult...

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Autores principales: Momtaz YA, Hamid TA, Masud J, Haron SA, Ibrahim R
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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aged
APIM
attitude toward aging
psychological well-being
Geriatrics
RC952-954.6
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b588e6b4fc734bc4ae1d1589efdfcb412021-12-02T06:58:44ZDyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/b588e6b4fc734bc4ae1d1589efdfcb412013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/dyadic-effects-of-attitude-toward-aging-on-psychological-well-being-of-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Jariah Masud, Sharifah Azizah Haron, Rahimah IbrahimInstitute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaBackground: There is a growing body of literature indicating that attitudes toward aging significantly affect older adults’ psychological well-being. However, there is a paucity of scientific investigations examining the role of older adults’ attitudes toward aging on their spouses' psychological well-being. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on the psychological well-being of older couples.Methods: Data for the present study, consisting of 300 couples aged 50 years and older, were drawn from a community-based survey entitled “Poverty among Elderly Women: Case Study of Amanah Ikhtiar” conducted in Peninsular Malaysia. An actor–partner interdependence model using AMOS version 20 (Europress Software, Cheshire, UK) was used to analyze the dyadic data.Results: The mean ages of the husbands and wives in this sample were 60.37 years (±6.55) and 56.33 years (±5.32), respectively. Interdependence analyses revealed significant association between older adults’ attitudes toward aging and the attitudes of their spouses (intraclass correlation =0.59; P<0.001), and similar interdependence was found for psychological well-being (intraclass correlation =0.57; P<0.001). The findings from AMOS revealed that the proposed model fits the data (CMIN/degrees of freedom =3.23; goodness-of-fit index =0.90; confirmatory fit index =0.91; root mean square error of approximation =0.08). Results of the actor–partner independence model indicated that older adults’ psychological well-being is significantly predicted by their spouses' attitudes toward aging, both among older men (critical ratio =2.92; P<0.01) and women (critical ratio =2.70; P<0.01). Husbands’ and wives’ own reports of their attitudes toward aging were significantly correlated with their own and their spouses’ psychological well-being.Conclusion: The findings from this study supported the proposed Spousal Attitude–Well-Being Model, where older adults’ attitudes toward aging significantly affected their own and their spouses’ psychological well-being. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.Keywords: aged, attitude toward aging, psychological well-beingMomtaz YAHamid TAMasud JHaron SAIbrahim RDove Medical PressarticleagedAPIMattitude toward agingpsychological well-beingGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 8, Pp 1413-1420 (2013)
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collection DOAJ
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topic aged
APIM
attitude toward aging
psychological well-being
Geriatrics
RC952-954.6
spellingShingle aged
APIM
attitude toward aging
psychological well-being
Geriatrics
RC952-954.6
Momtaz YA
Hamid TA
Masud J
Haron SA
Ibrahim R
Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
description Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Jariah Masud, Sharifah Azizah Haron, Rahimah IbrahimInstitute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaBackground: There is a growing body of literature indicating that attitudes toward aging significantly affect older adults’ psychological well-being. However, there is a paucity of scientific investigations examining the role of older adults’ attitudes toward aging on their spouses' psychological well-being. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on the psychological well-being of older couples.Methods: Data for the present study, consisting of 300 couples aged 50 years and older, were drawn from a community-based survey entitled “Poverty among Elderly Women: Case Study of Amanah Ikhtiar” conducted in Peninsular Malaysia. An actor–partner interdependence model using AMOS version 20 (Europress Software, Cheshire, UK) was used to analyze the dyadic data.Results: The mean ages of the husbands and wives in this sample were 60.37 years (±6.55) and 56.33 years (±5.32), respectively. Interdependence analyses revealed significant association between older adults’ attitudes toward aging and the attitudes of their spouses (intraclass correlation =0.59; P<0.001), and similar interdependence was found for psychological well-being (intraclass correlation =0.57; P<0.001). The findings from AMOS revealed that the proposed model fits the data (CMIN/degrees of freedom =3.23; goodness-of-fit index =0.90; confirmatory fit index =0.91; root mean square error of approximation =0.08). Results of the actor–partner independence model indicated that older adults’ psychological well-being is significantly predicted by their spouses' attitudes toward aging, both among older men (critical ratio =2.92; P<0.01) and women (critical ratio =2.70; P<0.01). Husbands’ and wives’ own reports of their attitudes toward aging were significantly correlated with their own and their spouses’ psychological well-being.Conclusion: The findings from this study supported the proposed Spousal Attitude–Well-Being Model, where older adults’ attitudes toward aging significantly affected their own and their spouses’ psychological well-being. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.Keywords: aged, attitude toward aging, psychological well-being
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author Momtaz YA
Hamid TA
Masud J
Haron SA
Ibrahim R
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Masud J
Haron SA
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title Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
title_short Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
title_full Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
title_fullStr Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
title_full_unstemmed Dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older Malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
title_sort dyadic effects of attitude toward aging on psychological well-being of older malaysian couples: an actor–partner interdependence model
publisher Dove Medical Press
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url https://doaj.org/article/b588e6b4fc734bc4ae1d1589efdfcb41
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