Beyond success : Understanding the characteristics of long-term
relationships in older age.

J 2024

Beyond success : Understanding the characteristics of long-term relationships in older age.

RABELOVÁ, Anna, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ a Stanislav SVAČINKA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Beyond success : Understanding the characteristics of long-term relationships in older age.

Autoři

RABELOVÁ, Anna (203 Česká republika, domácí), Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Stanislav SVAČINKA (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Journal of Family Psychology, Washington, D. C. APA, 2024, 0893-3200

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.700 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001157

UT WoS

001108460400001

Klíčová slova anglicky

long-term relationships; marriage; older couples; later life; Czech Republic

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 22. 5. 2024 14:21, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Prior research has focused on couples who were successful in maintaining a long-term relationship. However, there is a knowledge gap in what characterizes late-life long-term partnerships and what holds them together. Using the grounded theory, we analyzed 29 interviews with 65+ year olds (11 men, age median = 72) who were in relationships of 25+ years. We explored the present state of the relationship, looking beyond the understanding that long-term relationships, by virtue of being long, are successful. Older people saw their partnerships as indivisible, without implying that they were satisfied and, despite challenges, preferred to sustain them (a) because alternatives were perceived as poor, (b) too much would be lost, and (c) to maintain the status quo and maintain calm at every cost. Feeling indivisible implied “entrapment” to some. Others felt that peace-eliciting stability and security were enhanced by the accumulated joint experience of the partners. The findings challenge the view that later life long-term relationships are the outcome of success and point to mechanisms that keep couples together at older age.

Návaznosti

GA20-25752S, projekt VaV

Název: Proměny partnerských vztahů ve starším věku

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Proměny partnerských vztahů ve starším věku

MUNI/A/1460/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální otázky psychologie zdraví – adolescenti a digitální média a sexualita napříč životem 2

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální otázky psychologie zdraví – adolescenti a digitální média a sexualita napříč životem 2

Citovat

RABELOVÁ, Anna, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ a Stanislav SVAČINKA. Beyond success : Understanding the characteristics of long-term relationships in older age. Journal of Family Psychology. Washington, D. C.: APA, 2024, roč. 38, č. 1, s. 17-25. ISSN 0893-3200. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001157.

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RABELOVÁ, Anna, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ a Stanislav SVAČINKA. Beyond success : Understanding the characteristics of long-term relationships in older age. \textit{Journal of Family Psychology}. Washington, D. C.: APA, 2024, roč.~38, č.~1, s.~17-25. ISSN~0893-3200. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001157.

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