Introduction: current perspectives on couple relationships in the middle and later years / Jamila Bookwala
I. Nature and quality of older couple relationships. Happily ever after? Marital satisfaction during the middle adulthood years / Barbara A. Mitchell
Marital discord in the later years / Timothy W. Smith and Carolynne E. Baron
Older couple relationships and loneliness / Jenny de Jong Gierveld and Marjolein Broese van Groenou
Intimacy and obligations in LAT relationships in late life / Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson and Majen Espvall
Same-sex relationships in middle and late adulthood / Bozena Zdaniuk and Christine Smith
Sexual intimacy in mid- and late-life couples / Amy C. Lodge and Debra Umberson
Spousal role allocation and equity in older couples / Liat Kulik
These happy golden years? The role of retirement in marital quality / Amy Rauer and Jakob F. Jensen
Health contributions to marital quality : expected and unexpected links / Jeremy B. Yorgason and Heejeong Choi
II. Marriage, health, and adaptation to illness in middle and late life. Marital biography and health in middle and late life / Zhenmei Zhang, Hui Liu, and Yan-Liang Yu
Collaborative cognition in middle and late life : couple negotiation of everyday tasks / Jennifer A. Margrett and Celinda Reese-Melancon
Spousal interrelationships in health across adulthood : health behaviors and everyday stress as potential underlying mechanisms / Christiane A. Hoppmann, Victoria Michalowski, and Denis Gerstorf
A developmental perspective to dyadic coping across adulthood / Cynthia A. Berg, Kelsey K. Sewell, Amy E. Hughes Lansing, Stephanie J. Wilson, and Carrie Brewer
Emotion regulation in the context of spousal caregiving : intrapersonal and interpersonal strategies / Joan K. Monin
Chronic disease management in older couples : spousal support versus control strategies / Melissa M. Franks, Elizabeth Wehrspann, Kristin J. August, Karen S. Rook, and Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Harnessing the power of the marital relationship to improve illness management : considerations for couple-based interventions / Lynn M. Martire, Rachel C. Hemphill, and Courtney A. Polenick.