So Close and Yet So Irritating: Negative Relations and Implications for Well-being by Age and Closeness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Negative social relationships are associated with poor health, chronic illness, and mortality. Yet, we know little about the dynamics of negative aspects of relationships within individual's closest relationships over time, how those experiences vary by age, and the implications of those relationships for well-being.

Method

A total of 592 participants (ages 25-97; M = 57.5; 63.3% women) from the Social Relations Study completed monthly web surveys for up to 12 months. Each month they reported negative relationship quality with their three closest network members and multiple dimensions of well-being (positive affect, negative affect, self-rated health, and sleep quality).

Results

Multilevel models revealed older individuals reported less negativity in their

SUBMITTER: Birditt KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature