Partner Contributions to Goal Pursuit: Findings From Repeated Daily Life Assessments With Older Couples.
Elizabeth ZambranoTheresa PaulyDenis GerstorfMaureen C AsheKenneth M MaddenChristiane A HoppmannPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2021)
Whether partner involvement is beneficial for goal progress depends on characteristics of the relationship as well as what partners actually do in everyday life. This highlights the importance of considering both stable person characteristics as well as time-varying processes to capture the complexity of goal pursuit in older couples.