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Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering

Award Number: R15AG047588
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2014
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2026

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Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering - Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering R15 Renewal Application Abstract Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin, MPIs The gray divorce rate, which is the rate of divorce among those aged 50 and older, doubled between 1990 and 2010, rising from 5 to 10 divorcing persons per 1,000 married persons. As of 2019, it persists at this high level. More than 1 in 3 people who divorced in 2019 were ages 50+ compared with less than 1 in 10 in 1990. Older adults are at risk for poor health after gray divorce. Depressive symptoms increase following divorce and remain elevated for four years, a protracted recuperation process that belies the two prevailing models of divorce adjustment. For older adults, adjustment does not occur after a brief crisis period, nor is it elusive because divorce is an enduring, chronic strain. Rather, gray divorce is followed by a slow but eventual recovery, which we term the convalescence model. The adjustment processes following gray divorce appear to be distinctive but remain poorly understood, underscoring the urgency of examining population heterogeneity in post-divorce adjustment among older adults. Guided by the stress process perspective, our central hypothesis is that women’s and men’s personal and social resources shape their divorce adjustment experience, determining whether they hew to the crisis period, convalescence, or chronic strain model. We use prospective, longitudinal data from the 1998-2020 Health and Retirement Study to address three aims. First, we investigate the patterns of post-divorce adjustment and how personal and social resources are associated with various adjustment trajectories. Second, we examine the linkages between post-divorce adjustment trajectories and repartnering. Third, we establish adjustment trajectories following repartnering and examine how post-divorce adjustment shapes post-repartnering health and well-being. The focus of this renewal application aligns with NIA’s strategic plan because it addresses the effects of interpersonal factors on aging, including the mechanisms through which these factors exert their effects, and informs ways to improve the health and well-being of adults as they age. This project fully incorporates two undergraduate and one graduate research assistant to expose students to all stages of the research process and enhance the BGSU research environment.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	1851 N RESEARCH DR	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	3	5/2/2025	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	1851 N RESEARCH DR	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	001	3	3/18/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,689
2024	2019	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	1851 N RESEARCH DR	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	2	3/18/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$2,689
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $426,000 )
2023	2023	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	1851 N RESEARCH DR	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	3	4/12/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$426,000
														Subtotal = $426,000

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $421,625 )
2019	2019	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	319 ADMINISTRATION BLDG	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	2	1/24/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$345,732
2019	2019	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	319 ADMINISTRATION BLDG	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	001	2	4/5/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$75,893
														Subtotal = $421,625

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2018	2014	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	319 ADMINISTRATION BLDG	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/25/2018	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $417,000 )
2014	2014	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	***	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Aging Research	000	1	7/31/2014	NEW	$417,000
														Subtotal = $417,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,264,625

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Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering

Award Number: R15AG047588

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2014

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2026

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