We compared psychological resources between heterosexual never-married and married adults and their group-specific role in positive and negative affect after controlling for social resources. Although never-married respondents scored slightly lower than married adults on social resources and affective well-being, the two groups were comparable on psychological resources. Moderated regression an...

The present study is aimed at exploring the relationship between marital adjustment, stress and depression. Sample of the study consisted of 150 working and non-working married women (working married women = 75, non-working married women = 75). Their age ranged between 18 to 50 years. Their education was at least gradation and above. They belong to middle and high socio-economic status. Urdu Tr...

Numerous studies show that married individuals enjoy better health than those who were never married. This representative survey examines whether they also have a healthier body mass index (BMI) and weight-related behaviors, and tests four independent explanations. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with representative samples (N = 4555) from nine European countries (Austria, France, German...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine if marital status, including specific types of single status categories, is associated with length of survival in lung cancer patients. METHODS Data from the 1996-2007 Florida Cancer Data System were linked with Agency for Health Care Administration data and U.S. Census data. Patients with both small cell and non-small cell lung cancer were i...

iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This paper would never have been written without the vision of Judith Bruce, whose analysis and passion have been vital to bringing attention to the neglected topic of married adolescent girls. We are enormously appreciative of her guidance. We are grateful to Rachel Goldberg for her research assistance, insight, and moral support. We owe tremendous thanks to Sajeda Amin, who...

Writing and maintaining a Tcl C extension for several years is an experience which can be compared to a long lasting relationship between a man and a woman. At the beginning, there is great excitement and you enjoy a real good time. However, once the relationship settles, you will find out that being married is sometimes straining and you start to look at things from a slightly different perspe...

How to stay married by J illy Cooper Methuen, 12s. 6d. With a new divorce Act on the statute book and the inevitable actual increase in recorded divorces that will follow such legislation, Marital stability will remain in the