Concerning the interdependence of married couples, the strengths of not only actors but also of partners might improve aging successfully. This study aimed to examine the actor and partner effects of resilience on well-being in Chinese older couples and the potential mediating role of spousal exchanges at the actor and partner levels. Using a 2-wave longitudinal design, a total of 158 Chinese couples (age range 60-97 years) completed measures of resilience, perceived spousal exchanges (spousal support and negative exchanges), and well-being. The results showed that (a) the dyad had significant congruence in resilience and well-being, respectively; (b) resilience had significant actor and partner effects on well-being within the dyad; and (c) negative spousal exchanges could not mediate the actor and partner effects of resilience on well-being, and a gender difference emerged for the mediation role of spousal support: Actor and partner effects of husbands' resilience on well-being were mediated by both partners' perceived spousal support, whereas the actor and partner effects of wives' resilience on well-being were not mediated by perceived spousal support. Focusing on couples' interdependence, this study highlighted the role of spousal resilience and support on successful aging. Interventions should focus on enhancing both partners' resilience and promoting mutual support within the couple. (PsycINFO Database Record

When COVID-19 wreaked havoc around the world and caused widespread panic, Chinese government has taken pandemic information disclosure measures to fight the outbreak. However, there is a theoretical debate about whether information disclosure increases or decreases panic of residents during a pandemic. In response to this debate, the authors conduct a questionnaire survey with 1062 participants in the worst period of COVID-19 in China. The results reveal that both generic information and detailed information disclosure can alleviate panic by enhancing individuals’ perceived prevention effectiveness and increase panic by amplifying individuals’ risk perception. In addition, information disclosure is more effective in reducing panic in conditions with a higher level of trust in local government. These findings provide practical evidence for the role of information disclosure in alleviating panic in a pandemic, and suggest that pandemic information timely disclosed by the local government is feasible to ease the spread of panic.

Objectives: We examined how institution-dwelling older adults’ depressive rumination was associated with their life satisfaction by taking perceived burdensomeness as a mediator and social support from individuals within the institution (SSII) as a moderator. Method: A total of 194 older adults from 24 institutions in four provinces of China completed a questionnaire survey. Results: Depressive rumination was negatively associated with life satisfaction, and perceived burdensomeness mediated this association. Moreover, SSII moderated the indirect association between depressive rumination and life satisfaction through perceived burdensomeness. Specifically, depressive rumination had a negative effect on life satisfaction through perceived burdensomeness only for older adults with less SSII. Conclusion: Our study indicated that depressive rumination could damage older adults’ life satisfaction by increasing their perceived burdensomeness. Fortunately, older adults’ perception of social support from individuals within the institution could attenuate this negative effect. This study has implications for designing intervention programs to improve the institution-dwelling older adults’ life satisfaction.

This study aims to examine how organizational and family factors protect employees from depressive symptoms induced by work-family conflict. With a cross-sectional design, a total of 2184 Chinese employees from 76 departments completed measures of work-family conflict, organizational justice, family flexibility, and depressive symptoms. The results showed that work-family conflict including work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict was positively associated with depressive symptoms. In cross-level analysis, organizational justice climate weakened the adverse effect of work-family conflict on depressive symptoms and the buffering effects of procedural and distributive justice climate in the association between work-family conflict and depressive symptoms depended on family flexibility. Specifically, compared with employees with high family flexibility, procedural and distributive justice climate had a stronger buffering effect for employees with low family flexibility. These results indicate that organization and family could compensate each other to mitigate the effect of work-family conflict on employees’ depressive symptoms. Cultivating justice climate in organization and enhancing family flexibility might be an effective way to reduce employees’ depressive symptoms.