Partnership Quality and Mental Health Among Older Adults in England Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eizaburo Tanaka, Maria Sironi, Giorgio Di Gessa, College of Arts and Sciences, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence, The University of Tokyo, Department of Statistical Science, University of Padua, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on June 25, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Volume 45, Issue 5, Page 963-972, May 2026.
Using longitudinal data from Wave 9 (2018/19) and two COVID-19 sub-studies of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (N= 4994), we examined how partnership status and relationship quality in the early months of the pandemic (June/July 2020) related to ...