Ruixue Zhaoyang
Biographic Data
| ID | 125880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruixue Zhaoyang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruixue |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhaoyang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHAOYANG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8049-3399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Social Context of Partnered Older Adults’ Insomnia Symptoms
The current study included an examination of social factors that mitigate or exacerbate insomnia symptoms among older adults who are married or living with a partner. We first examined the unique effects of spousal support and strain on insomnia symptoms and then evaluated the degree to which extramarital social factors (e.g., friend support) moderated spousal influences. Data came from Waves 2 and 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging…
Daily Social Interactions and Momentary Loneliness
These results expand our understanding of the dynamic associations between daily social interactions and loneliness in later life and provide insights to inform future research, including the possibility of behavioral interventions that target social interactions to reduce the risk for loneliness
Discrimination and Education Quality Moderate the Association of Sleep With Cognitive Function in Older Black Adults
Sociocultural factors (i.e., discrimination and education quality) can further explain the association between sleep and cognitive functioning and cognitive impairment risk among older Black adults
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
Features of Daily Social Interactions That Discriminate Between Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment
These results suggest that certain features of daily social interactions (quality and quantity) could serve as sensitive and ecologically valid behavioral markers to facilitate the detection of MCI
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
The Influence of Family and Friend Confidants on Marital Quality in Older Couples
This study demonstrates the importance of family and friend confidant networks for older couples' marital quality and highlights the benefits of having a larger or closer friend confidant network. Future research should examine mechanisms that account for the effects of spouses' family and friend confidant networks on older couples' marital quality
Spousal understanding and marital satisfaction in pain patients and their spouses
The current study tested the hypotheses that knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients and spouses who report more spousal understanding of patient's pain would report greater marital satisfaction. A total of 124 couples completed interviews at three time points across 18 months. Results from dyadic analyses showed that patients who felt more understood by their spouse report, and have spouses who report, higher marital satisfaction concurrently. In addi…
Couples' day-to-day pain concordance and marital interaction quality
Chronic pain is a common stressor in couples' daily lives, but little is known about couples' day-to-day pain concordance (i.e., agreement regarding one partner's level of pain) and its relevance to both partners' daily marital interaction quality. Using 22-day diaries of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses, the current study sought to quantify the degree of daily fluctuation in both partners' reports of patient pai…
Daily Links Between Sleep and Anger Among Spouses of Chronic Pain Patients
Findings highlight the potential value of intervention efforts aimed at promoting spouses' sleep quality in an effort to offset negative emotional consequences that may undermine spouses' and patients' adjustment in the context of chronic pain
Body Satisfaction and Couple’s Daily Sexual Experience
Motivational Pursuits in the Context of Human Sexual Relationships
The current article examines how close relationships combine with individual differences in sex motives (Cooper, Shapiro, & Powers, 1998) to shape sexual experience. We first provide an overview of the motivational approach as it relates to sexual behavior and then describe 2 broad mechanisms (1 transactional, the other interactional) by which motives and relational context combine to shape behavior. Drawing on our past research, we review eviden…
Do birds of a feather flock together in China
Evidence of couple similarity was examined in 2 nationally representative samples ( N s = 536 and 537 couples) from mainland China. Variable‐centered and couple‐centered tests provided convergent results suggesting that husbands and wives were considerably similar on characteristics of 3 broad categories: demographic variables, values, and personality. Additional tests suggest that value and personality similarities were not likely to be due to s…
Predicting Marital Satisfaction From Self, Partner, and Couple Characteristics
Past research on the link between personal characteristics and marital satisfaction has taken either an individual or a dyadic approach. The individual approach examines how self and/or partner characteristics are associated with satisfaction, whereas the dyadic approach focuses on couple characteristics such as couple similarity. The current research was designed to integrate both approaches. A modified Actor‐Partner Interdependence Model ( Kash…
Daily Social Interactions and Momentary Loneliness
These results expand our understanding of the dynamic associations between daily social interactions and loneliness in later life and provide insights to inform future research, including the possibility of behavioral interventions that target social interactions to reduce the risk for loneliness
The Influence of Family and Friend Confidants on Marital Quality in Older Couples
This study demonstrates the importance of family and friend confidant networks for older couples' marital quality and highlights the benefits of having a larger or closer friend confidant network. Future research should examine mechanisms that account for the effects of spouses' family and friend confidant networks on older couples' marital quality
Couples' day-to-day pain concordance and marital interaction quality
Chronic pain is a common stressor in couples' daily lives, but little is known about couples' day-to-day pain concordance (i.e., agreement regarding one partner's level of pain) and its relevance to both partners' daily marital interaction quality. Using 22-day diaries of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses, the current study sought to quantify the degree of daily fluctuation in both partners' reports of patient pai…
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
Body Satisfaction and Couple’s Daily Sexual Experience
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
Features of Daily Social Interactions That Discriminate Between Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment
These results suggest that certain features of daily social interactions (quality and quantity) could serve as sensitive and ecologically valid behavioral markers to facilitate the detection of MCI
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
Predicting Marital Satisfaction From Self, Partner, and Couple Characteristics
Past research on the link between personal characteristics and marital satisfaction has taken either an individual or a dyadic approach. The individual approach examines how self and/or partner characteristics are associated with satisfaction, whereas the dyadic approach focuses on couple characteristics such as couple similarity. The current research was designed to integrate both approaches. A modified Actor‐Partner Interdependence Model ( Kash…
Do birds of a feather flock together in China
Evidence of couple similarity was examined in 2 nationally representative samples ( N s = 536 and 537 couples) from mainland China. Variable‐centered and couple‐centered tests provided convergent results suggesting that husbands and wives were considerably similar on characteristics of 3 broad categories: demographic variables, values, and personality. Additional tests suggest that value and personality similarities were not likely to be due to s…
Motivational Pursuits in the Context of Human Sexual Relationships
The current article examines how close relationships combine with individual differences in sex motives (Cooper, Shapiro, & Powers, 1998) to shape sexual experience. We first provide an overview of the motivational approach as it relates to sexual behavior and then describe 2 broad mechanisms (1 transactional, the other interactional) by which motives and relational context combine to shape behavior. Drawing on our past research, we review eviden…
Body Satisfaction and Couple’s Daily Sexual Experience
Daily Links Between Sleep and Anger Among Spouses of Chronic Pain Patients
Findings highlight the potential value of intervention efforts aimed at promoting spouses' sleep quality in an effort to offset negative emotional consequences that may undermine spouses' and patients' adjustment in the context of chronic pain
Spousal understanding and marital satisfaction in pain patients and their spouses
The current study tested the hypotheses that knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients and spouses who report more spousal understanding of patient's pain would report greater marital satisfaction. A total of 124 couples completed interviews at three time points across 18 months. Results from dyadic analyses showed that patients who felt more understood by their spouse report, and have spouses who report, higher marital satisfaction concurrently. In addi…
Couples' day-to-day pain concordance and marital interaction quality
Chronic pain is a common stressor in couples' daily lives, but little is known about couples' day-to-day pain concordance (i.e., agreement regarding one partner's level of pain) and its relevance to both partners' daily marital interaction quality. Using 22-day diaries of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses, the current study sought to quantify the degree of daily fluctuation in both partners' reports of patient pai…
Perceived Patient Pain and Spousal Caregivers’ Negative Affect
Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain and spouses' negative affect. Method: We used baseline interviews and a 22-day diary of knee osteoarthritis patients and their spo…
The Influence of Family and Friend Confidants on Marital Quality in Older Couples
This study demonstrates the importance of family and friend confidant networks for older couples' marital quality and highlights the benefits of having a larger or closer friend confidant network. Future research should examine mechanisms that account for the effects of spouses' family and friend confidant networks on older couples' marital quality
Features of Daily Social Interactions That Discriminate Between Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment
These results suggest that certain features of daily social interactions (quality and quantity) could serve as sensitive and ecologically valid behavioral markers to facilitate the detection of MCI
Perceived Gratitude, Role Overload, and Mental Health Among Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults
Findings suggest that spousal caregivers' role overload may be a strong risk factor for their poorer mental health, especially when caregivers feel less appreciated by their partner. Couple-oriented interventions to improve spousal caregivers' mental health could be aimed at reducing their role overload and enhancing perceived gratitude
Daily Social Interactions and Momentary Loneliness
These results expand our understanding of the dynamic associations between daily social interactions and loneliness in later life and provide insights to inform future research, including the possibility of behavioral interventions that target social interactions to reduce the risk for loneliness
Discrimination and Education Quality Moderate the Association of Sleep With Cognitive Function in Older Black Adults
Sociocultural factors (i.e., discrimination and education quality) can further explain the association between sleep and cognitive functioning and cognitive impairment risk among older Black adults
Dyadic links between health changes and well-being
Although the marital relationship is often the primary source of emotional support in adulthood, sole reliance on the spouse to discuss health-related issues may be harmful to the well-being of both partners. The first aim of this study was to examine whether declines in health during later life would be associated with poorer psychological well-being in self and partner. We further investigated whether declining health would have a stronger impa…
The Social Context of Partnered Older Adults’ Insomnia Symptoms
The current study included an examination of social factors that mitigate or exacerbate insomnia symptoms among older adults who are married or living with a partner. We first examined the unique effects of spousal support and strain on insomnia symptoms and then evaluated the degree to which extramarital social factors (e.g., friend support) moderated spousal influences. Data came from Waves 2 and 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works)