In it Together: Relationship Transitions and Couple Concordance in Health and Well-Being.

ABSTRACT: Events that change the family system have the potential to impact couple dynamics such as concordance, that is, partner similarity in health and well-being. This project analyzes longitudinal data (≥ two decades) from both partners of up to 3,501 German and 1,842 Australian couples to investigate how couple concordance in life satisfaction, self-rated health, mental health, and physical health might change with transitioning to parenthood and an empty nest. Results revealed couple concordance in intercepts (averaged r = .52), linear trajectories (averaged r = .55), and wave-specific fluctuations around trajectories (averaged r = .21). Concordance in linear trajectories was stronger after transitions (averaged r = .81) than before transitions (averaged r =

SUBMITTER: Pauly T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616220 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature