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Marital Status Continuity and Change Among Young and Midlife Adults: Longitudinal Effects on Psychological Well-Being


  Author: Nadine F. Marks, James D. Lambert
Publisher: Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publication: A National Survey of Families and Households
Document Date:                  October 1996
Category: Marriage > Marital Satisfaction
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce
Family Structure > Marital Status
Family Structure > Single People
Family Structure > Widows/Widowers
Marriage > Benefits of Marriage
 

This report looks at the effects of divorce, separation, marriage, singleness, and widowhood on psychological health and well-being. Its findings, which are supported by past research, indicate that continuously married individuals are happier and experience greater psychological well-being than their unmarried or divorced counterparts.

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