Marriage and health

Marriage and health are closely related.^[1] Married people experience lower morbidity and mortality across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.^[2] There are gender differences in these effects which may be partially due to men's and women's relative status.^[3] Most research on marriage and health has focused on heterosexual couples, and more work is needed to clarify the health effects on same-sex marriage.^[1] Simply being married, as well as the quality of one's marriage, has been linked to diverse measures of health. Research has examined the social-cognitive, emotional, behavioral and biological processes involved in these links.

^ ^a ^b Robles, Theodore F.; Slatcher, Richard B.; Trombello, Joseph M.; McGinn, Meghan M. (2014). "Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review". Psychological Bulletin. 140 (1): 140–87. doi:10.1037/a0031859. PMC 3872512. PMID 23527470.
^ Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice K.; Newton, Tamara L. (2001). "Marriage and health: His and hers". Psychological Bulletin. 127 (4): 472–503. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.127.4.472. PMID 11439708.
^ Wanic, Rebekah; Kulik, James (2011). "Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in the Impact of Marital Conflict on Health". Sex Roles. 65 (5–6): 297–312. doi:10.1007/s11199-011-9968-6. S2CID 145011583.

[Robles2013-1] Robles, Theodore F.; Slatcher, Richard B.; Trombello, Joseph M.; McGinn, Meghan M. (2014). "Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review". Psychological Bulletin. 140 (1): 140–87. doi:10.1037/a0031859. PMC 3872512. PMID 23527470.

[KiecoltGlaser2001-2] Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice K.; Newton, Tamara L. (2001). "Marriage and health: His and hers". Psychological Bulletin. 127 (4): 472–503. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.127.4.472. PMID 11439708.

[wanic2011-3] Wanic, Rebekah; Kulik, James (2011). "Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in the Impact of Marital Conflict on Health". Sex Roles. 65 (5–6): 297–312. doi:10.1007/s11199-011-9968-6. S2CID 145011583.

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