This study examines the association between marital quality and personal well‐being using
meta‐analytic techniques. Effects from 93 studies were analyzed. The average weighted�…

Using meta-analytic techniques, results were synthesized from 58 empirical sources on the
association between being married and subjective well-being (SWB). A mean correlation of�…

Marital status is associated with psychological well-being, with the married faring better than
the formerly and never-married. However, this conclusion derives from research focusing�…

The positive link between marriage and physical and psychological well-being is well
established, but whether marriage is associated with social well-being is not. Using�…

This meta-analysis reviewed 126 published empirical articles over the past 50 years
describing associations between marital relationship quality and physical health in more�…

A relationship between marital status on the one hand and various indicators of wellbeing
and mental health on the other has been found in a large number of studies. Typically, that�…

This study aimed to investigate which instruments have been used in marital quality
research since 2005, and the concepts underlying each measure. We conducted a literature�…

Do unmarried individuals experience more emotional and health problems than their
married counterparts? According to more than 130 empirical studies on a number of well�…

Although there is substantial evidence linking marital quality to physical health, few studies
have been longitudinal. This study examined data from the Marital Instability Over the Life�…

The present review examines (a) the published literature on the association between marital
quality and depression in mixed-age groups, and (b) the association between these�…