Are married people happier? What is the relationship between marriage and happiness?
What will be an ideal response?
One study revealed that nearly double the number of married adults (40%) stated they were very happy than never married adults (24%). However, this study does not show us how marriage affects couples across time. Another study revealed that on average most individuals got a very small boost in happiness levels after marriage, then adapted over about a two year time period, and returned to their pre-marriage baselines. Further, the study found support for the idea that "happy people are more likely to get and stay married." This finding probably accounts for some of the differences in overall happiness levels between married and unmarried individuals reported by Myers.
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a. dealing with loss-oriented and restoration-oriented stressors b. continuation of subjective meaning associated with the loss c. changing representations of the lost relationship over time d. the role of coping and emotion regulation processes
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a. adaptation. b. alarm. c. mobilization. d. exhaustion. e. stabilization.
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a) doula b) pediatricians c) obstetricians d) gynecologists
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a.the degree to which the study is valid b.the degree to which findings are generalizable c.the context of the study of personality d. the degree to which the study is reliable