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Video Blog 2015 September Are Married or Single People Happier?
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Are Married or Single People Happier?

Posted By The Graves Law Firm || 30-Sep-2015

If you regularly read our blog, you know that marriage is an institution that’s gone through a tremendous foundational change over the past 30 years. Between same-sex marriage, higher divorce rates and people getting married later in life, it’s a different world. Between 1960 and today, the rate of American adults age 25 or over were unmarried doubled from 10 to 20 percent.

Now there are many reasons for this, like cultural advancements and changing attitudes toward gender roles. But now that a much clearer schism has developed between the married and non-married folks, sociologists are asking the question — which camp is actually happier?

The general consensus not too long ago was that married people were happier. But new research from University of Auckland’s School of Psychology finds that single people aren’t too far off from the married people’s numbers in terms of happiness. The group tried to find the link between relationship status and well-being through the lens of people’s tendency for avoidance and their social goals. Using a sample of 187 students at the university and a national sample of over 4,000, they found the following, which they described in their abstract:

"Although prior research suggests that single people experience lower well-being than those involved in romantic relationships, the effect of relationship status is small. Moreover, relationships can be a source of hurt and conflict, which single people can avoid."

"In both studies, single people high inavoidance goals who strive to prevent relationship conflict and disagreements were just as happy as people involved in a relationship. In addition, individuals high in approach goals who strive to enhance relationship closeness experienced greater life satisfaction/well-being but particularly when they were involved in a relationship."

Have a look at their data and tell us what you think on Twitter at @GravesLawFirm!


For more: Why Some People Are Just as Happy Being Single (Psychology Today)

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