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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1334
igaa057.1334
Abstracts
Session 2957 (Poster)
Social Networks and Support II
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Everyday Goal Pursuit in Older Couples: Lessons Learned From Electronic Daily Life Assessments
Garza Elizabeth Zambrano 1 Hoppmann Christiane 1 Ashe Maureen 1 Gerstorf Denis 2 Madden Kenneth 1 Michalowski Victoria 3 1 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2 
Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
3 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”414 414
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
Being able to progress on and accomplish personal goals is an important source of satisfaction and meaning across the adult lifespan and into old age. This study focuses on the importance of close others, such as spouses, for facilitating goal progress when individual resources may no longer suffice. We used multilevel modelling to analyze data from 119 couples (M age = 70 years, SD= 5.9; 50% women). Participants reported their personal goals at baseline and subsequently provided simultaneous ratings of goal pursuit, effort, and partner involvement three times daily over 7 days. Our findings show that more effort and spousal involvement indeed go hand in hand with better goal progress. More in-depth follow up analyses will pinpoint the role of individual and partner effects as potential mechanisms underlying contributions to everyday goal pursuit as well as address stress related processes.