Marital conflict in older couples: Positivity, personality, and health

J Iveniuk, LJ Waite, E Laumann… - Journal of marriage …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The authors examine the implications of health and personality characteristics for late‐life
marital conflict using data from the 2010–2011 wave of the National Social Life Health and …

Marital status and ischemic heart disease incidence and mortality in women: a large prospective study

S Floud, A Balkwill, D Canoy, FL Wright, GK Reeves… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Being married has been associated with a lower mortality from ischemic heart
disease (IHD) in men, but there is less evidence of an association for women, and it is …

Divorce and the multidimensionality of men and women's mental health: The role of social-relational and socio-economic conditions

S Symoens, S Van de Velde, E Colman… - Applied Research in …, 2014 - Springer
Research consistently reveals that the divorced generally face more mental health problems
than the married. Less attention however has been paid to positive mental health indicators …

Some evidence for health‐related marriage selection

A Lipowicz - American Journal of Human Biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Married people live longer and are healthier than unmarried people. This can be
explained in terms of marriage protection and marriage selection. The aim of the present …

Mortality at older ages and moves in residential and sheltered housing: evidence from the UK

J Robards, M Evandrou, J Falkingham… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2014 - jech.bmj.com
Background The study examines the relationship between transitions to residential and
sheltered housing and mortality. Past research has focused on housing moves over …

Depression, race, gender and covenant marriage: An analysis of newly married couples

A Jones - Health Sociology Review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Using the stress process model with a sample of 475 Louisiana newlyweds, this research
explores whether a more legally rigorous form of marriage (covenant marriage) substantially …

The association between marital status and health: Variation across age groups and dimensions of psychological well-being

TL Hsu - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Marital status significantly shapes individuals' psychological well-being, though more is
known about its effect on negative than positive dimensions. This study examines the …