The authors examined associations between marital quality and both general life
satisfaction and experienced (momentary) well‐being among older husbands and wives, the …

Marital status is associated with psychological well-being, with the married faring better than
the formerly and never-married. However, this conclusion derives from research focusing …

Objectives. We explore gender differences in older adults' appraisals of positive and
negative aspects of their marriages, examine how these appraisals relate to global marital …

Actor and partner effects for the 2‐year longitudinal associations between marital adjustment
and life satisfaction were evaluated in a population‐based sample of middle‐aged and older …

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 …

This study examined day-to-day links between perceived health and happiness and
between time spent with others and happiness in 47 older adult couples over an 8-day …

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 …

Over the last 20 years the academic community has experienced a burgeoning interest in
the causes and correlates of subjective well-being. One of the most consistent findings has …

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 …

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 …