But that might have been the problem; childfree couples divorce more often than couples who have at least one child, according to researchers, despite numerous studies that
indicate marital happiness plummets in the first year or two after the birth of a child and sometimes never quite recoups.
But as research indicates, childfree couples divorce more often than couples who have at least one child, despite numerous studies that
indicate marital happiness plummets in the first year or two after the birth of a child and sometimes never quite recoups.
Not exact matches
Perhaps they should — a study by the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project
indicates that generosity — «the virtue of giving good things to one's spouse freely and abundantly» — greatly contributes to
marital happiness.
Other results
indicate that
marital duration is not always straight correlate to
marital happiness, but rather to form a U-shape curve [8].
Dr. Gottman's research
indicates that all couples experience conflict, but couples who are able to maintain positivity while discussing conflictual issues have high levels of
happiness and
marital satisfaction in their marriages.
Marital success was
indicated by both the survival (i.e., intact vs. divorce) and quality of the marriage (e.g. the level of
happiness and satisfaction in the relationship).
In sum, these findings seem to
indicate that the greater the similarities in religious beliefs and behaviors, the higher the
marital happiness.
The survey for
marital generosity
indicates that couples who spend lots of time engaging with their children in activities such as playing, talking, working on projects together, etc. enjoy significantly higher levels of
marital happiness and lower levels of divorce - proneness19.