作者
Scott Braithwaite, Julianne Holt-Lunstad
发表日期
2017/2/1
来源
Current Opinion in Psychology
卷号
13
页码范围
120-125
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Highlights
- Greater mental health predicts entry into romantic relationships.
- Healthy relationships covary with better mental health, beyond selection effects.
- More committed unions are associated with greater benefits.
- Stronger effects are observed for relationships→ mental health than vice versa.
- Improving relationships benefits individual mental health, but not vice versa.
This paper reviews the research on relationships and mental health. Individuals who are more mentally healthy are more likely to select into relationships, but relationships are also demonstrably associated with mental health. The type of relationship matters—evidence suggests that more established, committed relationships, such as marriage, are associated with greater benefits than less committed unions such as cohabitation. The association between relationships and mental health is clearly bidirectional, however, stronger effects are observed …
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S Braithwaite, J Holt-Lunstad - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2017