Despite the assumption that marriage enhances psychological well-being, little evidence
exists that the social role of marriage, rather than the characteristics of individuals who get�…

Marriage is widely thought to confer mental health benefits, but little is known about how this
apparent benefit may vary across the life course. Early marriage, which is nonnormative�…

This paper examines three questions regarding the relationship between marriage and
mental health, specifically depression and alcohol problems. First, does marriage lead to�…

Past research has consistently documented the positive relationship between a transition to
marriage and psychological well-being. In this study, we separate the depressed from the�…

A long tradition of research and theory on gender, marriage, and mental health suggests that
marital status is more important to men's psychological well-being than women's while�…

Many studies have established that married people fare better than their never‐married
counterparts in terms of psychological well‐being. It is still unclear, however, whether this�…

Williams, Frech, and Carlson examine the evidence for an effect of marital status on mental
health, with a particular focus on the factors that identify who benefits from marriage, who�…

Some of the earliest and most well-known sociological studies showed that marriage was
beneficial to mental health, marriage benefited the mental health of men more than women�…

Early epidemiological research on family status and mental health produced three “social
facts”: 1. Marriage is beneficial to mental health. 2. Marriage benefits the mental health of�…

The relationship between marriage and positive mental health is one of the most established
findings in the stress literature. Few studies, however, examine the problematic as well as�…