Archive for the ‘Marriage’ Category
Marriage and committed romance reduce stress-related hormone production
Being married has often been associated with improving people’s health, but a new study suggests that having that long-term bond also alters hormones in a way that reduces stress.
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Verbal snippets offer insights on well-being amid divorce
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things – not so much by what they say but how they say it.
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Married couples do not become more similar over time
Contrary to popular belief, married couples do not become more similar over time, according to a team of researchers led by Michigan State University. Instead, people tend to pick their spouse based on shared personality traits, the researchers report in the latest issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
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Want A Happy Marriage? Be More Attractive Than Your Husband
According to research published in the Journal of Family Psychology, marriages in which the wife was more attractive than the husband tended to be more satisfactory whereas marriages in which the husband was more attractive than the wife tended to be less satisfactory.
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Ratio of Women to Men Effects Likelihood of Marriage Among Young and Old Men
Although some may expect that as the proportion of young men in a society decreases, their likelihood to be married would increase, but according to an article published inEvolutionary Psychology , the opposite is true. In societies with a larger amount of women than men, young men are less likely to be married compared to young men from societies with more men than women.
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