Physical and Emotional Health of Older Couples Linked for Better or Worse, University of British Columbia and Pennsylvania State University Study Finds

MedicalXpress -- A study of older married couples that gives new meaning to the matrimonial adage “for better or worse” finds that spouses have a much greater impact on their partner’s health than previously known. The study, published in the current issue of the American Psychological Association’s journal Health Psychology, finds strong associations between the physical and emotional health of older married couples – and provides important new information on the psychological toll of physical limitations in old age.

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