Gender, marital status, and mental well-being

A retest of Bernard's his and her marriages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2154992
AutoresGeorge D Lowe (Texas Tech University), Robert R Smith (0009-0003-8867-9184, Texas Tech University)
Año1987
Volumen7
Número4
Páginas301-307
Fecha de publicación1987-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.1987.9981826
OpenAlexW2128978815
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas7

In The Future of Marriage, Bernard (1972) states that marriage is good for men but not for women: she reports married males to be happier than unmarried males or married women, who in turn are worse off emotionally than single women. The present study tests Bernard's thesis with a multi‐item index of mental well‐being and does not substantiate the relationships stated above. However, marriage is more beneficial for men than for women in that there is a greater difference in mental well‐being between married and unmarried men than women

Developmental psychology · Marital status · Population · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology