The last several years have witnessed an active-sometimes acrimonious-debate,
occasionally joined by demographers, over the state of the family. Some, like David …

Although the United States has the highest divorce rate of any Western nation, divorce rates
have been increasing in almost all European countries. In this review, we compare studies …

In this study, I examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce by tracing
annual change in 20 outcome measures covering four domains: economic, housing and …

The divorce rate has increased in the United States and most European countries since the
1960s. Public and scientific concern about the consequences of divorce for adults and …

I use a divorcestressadjustment perspective to summarize and organize the empirical
literature on the consequences of divorce for adults and children. My review draws on …

A groundbreaking look at marriage, one of the most basic and universal of all human
institutions, which reveals the emotional, physical, economic, and sexual benefits that …

According to adaptation theory, individuals react to events but quickly adapt back to baseline
levels of subjective well-being. To test this idea, the authors used data from a 15-year …

In a sample of 59,169 persons in 42 nations, relations between marital status and subjective
well-being were found to be very similar across the world. Although cultural variables were …

Social relationships are one of the most important facets of well-being and one of the
strongest links with both physical and psychological health. Romantic relationships …

Well-being has been strongly linked to many important life facets ranging from physical and
mental health to social relationships to academic and work performance. Not only has it …