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Meeting online leads to happier, more enduring marriages

By Guest PostJune 9, 2013Culture, Generalamericans, eharmony, elizabeth ogburn, find, gestalt research, gian gonzaga, happier, harris interactive, john cacioppo, marital satisfaction, marriages, meeting online, online dating encounters, partner, survey, tyler vanderweele, university of chicago

More than a third of marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online, according to new research at the University of Chicago, which also found that online couples have happier, longer marriages.

Although the study did not determine why relationships that started online were more successful, the reasons may include the strong motivations of online daters, the availability of advance screening and the sheer volume of opportunities online. (more…)

More Sex for Married Couples with Traditional Divisions of Housework

By Guest PostFebruary 7, 2013General, Health, Sexdata, divisions of housework, everyday life, gender identity, juan march institute, julie brines, katrina leupp, madrid, marital satisfaction, marriage, married couples, more sex, sabino kornrich, sex, sex and housework, sexual behavior, sexual frequency, traditional gender roles, traditional ways, types of chores, university of washington, us couples

Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work, according to a new study co-authored by sociologists at the University of Washington.

Other studies have found that husbands got more sex if they did more housework, implying that sex was in exchange for housework. But those studies did not factor in what types of chores the husbands were doing. (more…)

Should I Marry Him? If you’re having doubts, don’t ignore them, suggests UCLA psychology study

By Guest PostSeptember 22, 2012Culture, Generalbenjamin karney, california, couple, divorce rate, doubt, justin lavner, marital satisfaction, marriage, mental state, pleasant, psychologist, relationship, ridiculous, thomas bradbury, ucla, university, voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

—Voltaire

In the first scientific study to test whether doubts about getting married are more likely to lead to an unhappy marriage and divorce, UCLA psychologists report that when women have doubts before their wedding, their misgivings are often a warning sign of trouble if they go ahead with the marriage.

The UCLA study demonstrates that pre-wedding uncertainty, especially among women, predicts higher divorce rates and less marital satisfaction years later. (more…)

Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2012Culture, Generalamerican, divorce, family support, hui liu, marital satisfaction, marriage, michigan state university, negative health impact, problems in relation, sociology, stress of divorce, unhappily married

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Divorce at a younger age hurts people’s health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist.

Hui Liu said the findings, which appear in the research journal Social Science & Medicine, suggest older people have more coping skills to deal with the stress of divorce. (more…)

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Meeting online leads to happier, more enduring marriages

More Sex for Married Couples with Traditional Divisions of Housework

Should I Marry Him? If you’re having doubts, don’t ignore them, suggests UCLA psychology study

Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages