Sentences with phrase «unhappy spouses»

Almost two - thirds of unhappy spouses who stuck with the marriage forged happy marriages down the road.

[18] Did staying married trap a large number of unhappy spouses in violent homes?

By contrast, most unhappy spouses who stayed married ended up happier five years down the road.

[20] The results tell us about how divorce or staying married changed levels of well - being for unhappy spouses, controlling for initial levels of emotional and psychological well - being.

However, the overwhelming majority of both groups of unhappy spouses reported no physical violence in the home.

Race, education, and gender had no significant effect on whether unhappy spouses divorce or stayed married.

Very unhappy spouses were categorized as those who rated their marriage either a one or a two on a seven - point marital happiness scale.

They also had lower average household incomes than unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Some of the most unhappy spouses are the ones who married someone hoping they would change.

Using these measures we were able to look at how staying married or getting a divorce changed the emotional and psychological well - being of unhappy spouses.

Even unhappy spouses who had divorced and remarried were no happier on average than those who stayed married.

Five years is a fairly short time frame, however, and the number of unhappy spouses in these data who had divorced and remarried by that point is small.

The consistent pattern in filings, the researchers believe, reflects the disillusionment unhappy spouses feel when the holidays don't live up to expectations.

The consistent pattern in filings, the researchers believe, reflects the disillusionment unhappy spouses feel when the holidays don't live up to expectations.

Although unhappy spouses are as much a part of the world of female clergy as they are of male clergy, married women clergy are not subject to the same level of financial stress as their male colleagues.

Those who rated their marriages a four or less are considered unhappy spouses, or unhappily married adults.

In these raw data, did unhappy spouses who divorced end up happier than those who stayed married?

Five years later these same adults were reinterviewed, so we were able to follow unhappy spouses as their lives took different paths: in the interim, some had divorced or separated and some stayed married.

Did it at least increase unhappy spouses» self - esteem?

Demographically, there were no significant differences between unhappy spouses who divorced or stayed married in terms of education, gender, or race.

Unhappy spouses showed more symptoms of psychological distress than happy spouses.

Marriage neutrality & 8212; often seen by counselors and attorneys as ethical & 8212; was not what unhappy spouses seeking help told us they wanted.

«I believe that even before unhappy spouses contact a lawyer, they should learn about their rights and obligations as well as how the separation and divorce process works in Canada.

«The classic example is that unhappy spouses tend to «put on a happy face» for the family over the summer vacation and then realize they can't bear to do it again,» says McNeil.

Five years is a fairly short time frame, however, and the number of unhappy spouses in these data who had divorced and remarried by that point is small.

Does this mean that most unhappy spouses who divorced would have ended up happily married if they had stuck with their marriages?

Many unhappy spouses have been waiting for this law to become a reality and New York's divorce attorneys can expect an influx of new cases in their offices over the next 6 months to a year.

Whether unhappy spouses who left their marriages were separated, divorced but not remarried, or divorced and remarried made no statistically significant difference in their happiness or psychological well - being.

Divorce did not typically reduce symptoms of depression, raise self esteem, or increase a sense of mastery... Even unhappy spouses who had divorced and remarried were no happier on average than those who stayed married.»

However, marital violence occurred in only a minority of unhappy marriages: Twenty - one percent of unhappily married adults who divorced reported husband - to - wife violence compared to nine percent of unhappy spouses who stayed married.

However, the vast majority of unhappily married adults reported no domestic violence in the home: Eighty - six percent of unhappy spouses reported that none of their arguments had become physical; 88 percent said the husband did not hit the wife; 87 percent reported the wife did not hit the husband.

Seventy - nine percent of unhappily married adults who divorced reported no husband - to - wife violence, as did 91 percent of unhappy spouses who stayed married.

And whether you own 100 percent of your business or your unhappy spouse is also your business partner, you may find yourself having to sell assets or take on debt to break up the company you worked so hard to build.

Do you believe you have been falsely accused by an unhappy spouse or parent?

Unhappy spouses who divorced or separated actually showed a somewhat higher number of depressive symptoms, compared to unhappily married spouses who stayed married.

Only about a quarter of unhappy spouses were married to a spouse who also reported being unhappily married.

Twenty - one percent of unhappy spouses who ended up divorced had reported husband - to - wife violence, compared to nine percent of unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Even unhappy spouses who had divorced and remarried were no happier, on average, than unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Most unhappy spouses who stuck with their marriages ended up happily married: Sixty - four percent of unhappy spouses who avoided divorce ended up happily married five years later.

But in other respects, in the ways we were able to measure, unhappy spouses who divorced and unhappy spouses who stayed married looked more similar than different: Before the divorce, they reported similar levels of personal happiness, personal mastery, and self - esteem.

But unhappy spouses with lower household incomes (before divorce) were also more likely to divorce or separate, as were unhappy spouses with minor children in the home (which may reflect the influence of stepchildren).

Seventy - nine percent of happy spouses were employed, compared to 74 percent of unhappy spouses.

Unhappy spouses who divorced reported more conflict and were about twice as likely to report violence in their marriage than unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Next we looked at subgroups of unhappy spouses who divorced.

Were unhappy spouses who divorced more likely to end up happily married than those who stuck with their current partners?

Eighty - five percent of unhappy spouses who stayed married and 77 percent of unhappy spouses who divorced reported in the initial interview that none of their arguments had gotten physical.

Unhappy spouses who divorced reported more conflict and were more than twice as likely to report violence in their marriage than unhappy spouses who stayed married.

Unhappy spouses who were employed were more likely to divorce.