Married individuals are healthier and live longer than those who are never married,
divorced, or widowed. But not all marriages are equal: unhappy marriages provide fewer …

Objective: The present study examined the association between marital satisfaction and all-
cause mortality in a large, representative sample of American adults. Gender was evaluated …

This paper revisits the marriage and wellbeing relationship using variables reflecting
marriage quality and data from the US, the UK and Germany. People in self-assessed poor …

The present study shows that long-term, low-quality marriages have significant negative
effects on overall well-being. We utilize a nationally representative longitudinal study with a …

The literature on marital status and happiness has neglected comparative analysis,
cohabitation, and gender-specific analysis. It is not clear if the married-happiness …

Do unmarried individuals experience more emotional and health problems than their
married counterparts? According to more than 130 empirical studies on a number of well …

It is well established in the literature that married people have a higher level of subjective
well-being than the never married, widowed, or divorced/separated. However, previous …

Subjective well-being research has often found that marriage is positively correlated with
well-being. Some have argued that this correlation may be result of happier people being …

Although cross-sectional studies have shown a reliable association between marital status
and subjective well-being, a recent longitudinal study [Lucas et al. 2003, Journal of …

The positive link between marriage and physical and psychological well-being is well
established, but whether marriage is associated with social well-being is not. Using …