"Past research has suggested that personality is important in how people react to important life events. But we found that there were no consistent effects of personality in how people react and adapt to these major events," Yap said. In general, similar-aged participants who did not get married showed a gradual decline in happiness as the years passed. Those who were married, however, largely bucked this trend. It's not that marriage caused their satisfaction level to spike, Yap noted, but instead kept it, at least, stable. Their study appeared online in the Journal of Research in Personality.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Marriage may make people happier in long run
"Past research has suggested that personality is important in how people react to important life events. But we found that there were no consistent effects of personality in how people react and adapt to these major events," Yap said. In general, similar-aged participants who did not get married showed a gradual decline in happiness as the years passed. Those who were married, however, largely bucked this trend. It's not that marriage caused their satisfaction level to spike, Yap noted, but instead kept it, at least, stable. Their study appeared online in the Journal of Research in Personality.
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