ArticleThe journal of positive psychology2021
Loved and lost or never loved at all? Lifelong marital histories and their links with subjective well-being.
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- Coping or Thriving? Reviewing Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Societal Factors Associated With Well-Being in Singlehood From a Within-Group Perspective.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Review
- Marital Status Differences in Loneliness Among Older Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Population research and policy review · 2023Article
- Correlated Change in Sense of Purpose and Romantic Relationship Quality.Personal Relationships · 2022Article
- Unsupported and Stigmatized? The Association Between Relationship Status and Well-Being Is Mediated by Social Support and Social Discrimination.Social psychological and personality science · 2022Article
- Partner influences on ICT use variety among middle-aged and older adults: The role of need for cognition.Computers in human behavior · 2022Article
- The relationship between gender, marital status and depression among Chinese middle-aged and older people: Mediation by subjective well-being and moderation by degree of digitization.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Expanding relationship science to unpartnered singles: What predicts life satisfaction?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Marriage has been linked to higher well-being. However, previous research has generally examined marital status at one point in time or over a relatively short window of time. In order to determine if different marital histories have unique impacts on well-being in later life, we conducted a marital sequence analysis of 7,532 participants from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (54.2% women;
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