QUOTE: "Williams and his colleagues conclude that the "association between martial status and mental illness is robust and generalizable" among black and white populations. What's more, they also found that the tremendous benefits a spouse brings to one's mental health COULD NOT BE replicated by a co-habitating mate. The status of marriage -- that piece of paper known as the marriage license-- made the difference." END QUOTE
Source: David Blankenhorn, Fatherless America: Confronting our Most urgent Social Problem (New York: Basic Books, 1995) p. 31
2007-12-15 13:56:46 · 22 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dude - Why Marriage Matters, by Glenn T. Stanton 1997, Colorado Springs, CO
is the original source, he quotes this study.
2007-12-15 15:42:37 · update #1
Well, this is so easy. Because they are committed to each other, therefore move forward together. See the future clearly.
They are content. Settled. Have ties that bind. etc.
2007-12-16 01:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have to read the full study to see how the couples were chosen and how many subjects were in the study. I would need other studies to support this. I would also need to look for studies that oppose this. Only then could I offer an idea of why this might be true. There just may be other factors that play into this. Also, I wonder, are you (or the study) suggesting a causal relationship or a correlation?
2007-12-15 14:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hi ent wife-okay see no reason why that couldnt be true today-could well see where a legal document and all that implies would make for a feeling of security and hence from there to on average better mental health-thats average-i dont see how that makes living together a bad thing-two people sharing this life together how ever they do it or more than two can only be a good thing-just my thoughts----smile and enjoy the day
2007-12-15 14:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Again, that says more about the type of people who make a committment rather than marriage itself. A person who makes a committment and sticks to it in one field of their life is likely to stick with other committments like taking care of their own mental wellbeing.
2007-12-15 14:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm highly skeptical of that. I have no idea if that study has been peer reviewed or not, or whether there were any confounding variables involved in the experiment. Perhaps it would be more believable if I saw this outlined in a scientific journal....
2007-12-15 14:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Googling David Blankenhorn, I'm struck with some skepticism. It would be better if your could provide the primary source; in other words, the study he cites -- it's probably in the end notes.
2007-12-15 14:03:47 · answer #6 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't care about earthly quotes. all I know is that the rains falls on the wicked and the just the same. God respects the marriage. What we do with that marriage is our own doing.
2007-12-15 14:34:27 · answer #7 · answered by Ace of Spades 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they're following God's plan for a man and a woman as it has been from day one...read the book of Genesis in the Holy Bible.
2007-12-15 14:14:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny, that "tremendous mental health" drains QUITE quickly when half those married couples get divorced.
2007-12-15 14:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are in a strong committed relationship of marriage.
2007-12-15 14:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋