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Marital status, marital satisfaction, and body image dissatisfaction
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1999This study examined whether married individuals have comparable body image disturbance to nonmarried individuals and whether the quality of a marital relationship is significantly related to body image disturbance in a sample of dieters.Measures of marital status, marital satisfaction, and body dissatisfaction were administered to a sample of 16,377 ...
M A, Friedman +4 more
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MARITAL STATUS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1975The finding that married persons are more likely to be hospitalized schizophrenics is reviewed. Three interpretations of the finding are discussed: causation, selection, and differential utilization. A strategy to separate the three hypotheses is presented which uses data on rates of admission and duration of hospitalization and which concentrates on ...
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Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2002
One common characteristic of populations throughout the world is the preponderance of women at older ages. Women are the majority of the elderly population in the vast majority of countries, and their share of the population increases with age. This gender imbalance at older ages has many implications for population and individual aging, perhaps the ...
Kevin, Kinsella, Victoria A, Velkoff
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One common characteristic of populations throughout the world is the preponderance of women at older ages. Women are the majority of the elderly population in the vast majority of countries, and their share of the population increases with age. This gender imbalance at older ages has many implications for population and individual aging, perhaps the ...
Kevin, Kinsella, Victoria A, Velkoff
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Sex, marital status and suicide
Nursing Research, 1972In this paper the suicidal behavior of men and women is analyzed for the purpose of increasing our understanding of the roles they occupy in our society. In general it appears that women have been experiencing an increase in stress relative to men. When we look at the relationship between sex, marital status and suicidal behavior, it is evident that ...
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Gender, marital status and longevity
Maturitas, 2017Most studies report a positive relationship between marital status and health, with findings consistent across cultures and countries. Gender effects are significant, with men demonstrating greater health benefit than women. The vast majority of the research has examined heterosexual marriages, yet there has been rapid evolution in society of ...
Tatangelo, Gemma +3 more
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Marital Happiness, Marital Status, Health, and Longevity
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018Married individuals are healthier and live longer than those who are never married, divorced, or widowed. But not all marriages are equal: unhappy marriages provide fewer benefits than happy ones. This study examined health and longevity across a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, combining measures of marital status and marital happiness
Elizabeth M. Lawrence +3 more
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Marital status in psychiatric patients
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1982During the last decades much research has indicated that marital status has an impact both on referrals to the mental health service and on the outcome of treatment. The main trends found in earlier research on the differences between single, married and separated/divorced patients, are confirmed in the present study. This is based both on a census and
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Marital Status, Change in Marital Status, and Mortality in Middle-aged British Men
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1995The effects of marital status and change in marital status on mortality among middle-aged British men were examined in a prospective cohort study, the British Regional Heart Study. This is a nationally representative cohort of men selected at random from general medical practices in 24 towns in England, Wales, and Scotland.
S, Ebrahim +4 more
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Sex, Marital Status, and Mortality
American Journal of Sociology, 1973This paper explores the relationship between marital status and mortality for both men and women. It is shown that, controlling for age, the married have lower mortality rates than the single, the widowed, or the divorced and that the differences between the married and unmarried statuses are much greater for men than for women. It is argued that these
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