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Study suggests genetics may contribute to marital happiness

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From the Yale University press release: People fall in love for many reasons — similar interests, physical attraction, and shared values among them. But if they marry and stay together, their long-term happiness may depend… 

Study suggests bickering couples mellow as they age

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From the University of California – Berkeley press release: Honeymoon long over? Hang in there. A new University of California, Berkeley, study shows those prickly disagreements that can mark the early and middle years of… 

Study looks at effects of marriage on depression

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From the Georgia State University press release: People who are married and earning less than $60,000 per year in total household income have fewer symptoms of depression than comparable earning unmarried people, but for couples… 

Study suggests marriage may help stave off dementia

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From the BMJ press release: Marriage may lower the risk of developing dementia, concludes a synthesis of the available evidence published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Lifelong singletons and widowers are at… 

Burdens of spousal caregiving alleviated by appreciation

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From the University at Buffalo press release: The fact that spouses often become caregivers for their ailing partners is quite common in American life — and few roles are more stressful. Yet helping behaviors, which are…