Norm O'Rourke
Biographic Data
| ID | 4553583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norm O'Rourke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norm |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Rourke |
| SIGNATURE | ROURKE N O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Marital idealization as an enduring buffer to distress among spouses of persons with Alzheimer disease
Few disease processes affect the dynamics of marital relationships like neurodegenerative disorders. Illnesses such as Alzheimer disease strip older adults of a lifetime of memories and, in the latter stages, even the ability to recognize one's spouse and children. In cross-sectional research, marital idealization (or the propensity to idealize one's spouse and relationship) has emerged as significantly associated with the absence of distress amo…
Marital Satisfaction and Self-Deception: Reconstruction of Relationship Histories Among Older Adults
The relationship among marital aggrandizement, satisfaction with life, and marital satisfaction is examined among an international sample of older adults ( N = 400). Three distinct groupings are identified on the basis of cluster analysis. A minority of participants emerged as dissatisfied with life and marriage. This grouping (the distraught ) holds realistic perceptions of their relationship history. The same is true for a larger grouping ident…
Cognitive Adaptation and Women's Adjustment to Conjugal Bereavement
Conjugal bereavement is experienced by the majority of older women in enduring relationships. Although most experience considerable distress in the immediate aftermath of this loss, the majority adjusts over the course of time. The current study of self-selected participants applies the theory of cognitive adaptation in an attempt to distinguish between women who have successfully adjusted to the death of their husbands versus those who exhibit p…
Depressive Symptoms and Physical Health of Caregivers of Persons with Cognitive Impairment: Analysis of Reciprocal Effects Over Time
These analyses provided partial support for reciprocal effects between physical illness and depression. Findings are discussed in terms of the applicability of a model of reciprocal effects to older adults
Marital idealization as an enduring buffer to distress among spouses of persons with Alzheimer disease
Few disease processes affect the dynamics of marital relationships like neurodegenerative disorders. Illnesses such as Alzheimer disease strip older adults of a lifetime of memories and, in the latter stages, even the ability to recognize one's spouse and children. In cross-sectional research, marital idealization (or the propensity to idealize one's spouse and relationship) has emerged as significantly associated with the absence of distress amo…
Depressive Symptoms and Physical Health of Caregivers of Persons with Cognitive Impairment: Analysis of Reciprocal Effects Over Time
These analyses provided partial support for reciprocal effects between physical illness and depression. Findings are discussed in terms of the applicability of a model of reciprocal effects to older adults
Depressive Symptoms and Physical Health of Caregivers of Persons with Cognitive Impairment: Analysis of Reciprocal Effects Over Time
These analyses provided partial support for reciprocal effects between physical illness and depression. Findings are discussed in terms of the applicability of a model of reciprocal effects to older adults
Cognitive Adaptation and Women's Adjustment to Conjugal Bereavement
Conjugal bereavement is experienced by the majority of older women in enduring relationships. Although most experience considerable distress in the immediate aftermath of this loss, the majority adjusts over the course of time. The current study of self-selected participants applies the theory of cognitive adaptation in an attempt to distinguish between women who have successfully adjusted to the death of their husbands versus those who exhibit p…
Marital Satisfaction and Self-Deception: Reconstruction of Relationship Histories Among Older Adults
The relationship among marital aggrandizement, satisfaction with life, and marital satisfaction is examined among an international sample of older adults ( N = 400). Three distinct groupings are identified on the basis of cluster analysis. A minority of participants emerged as dissatisfied with life and marriage. This grouping (the distraught ) holds realistic perceptions of their relationship history. The same is true for a larger grouping ident…
Marital idealization as an enduring buffer to distress among spouses of persons with Alzheimer disease
Few disease processes affect the dynamics of marital relationships like neurodegenerative disorders. Illnesses such as Alzheimer disease strip older adults of a lifetime of memories and, in the latter stages, even the ability to recognize one's spouse and children. In cross-sectional research, marital idealization (or the propensity to idealize one's spouse and relationship) has emerged as significantly associated with the absence of distress amo…
Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works)