Hitched's Blog Posts Tagged 'Study' (4)

An online study by researchers at Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, and the University of Guelph surveyed 506 men, average age 33, and 412 women, average age 28, who indicated being heterosexual and in a monogamous sexual…

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Scientists at the University of Buffalo followed 222 newlyweds through their first three years of marriage and found that the spouses who idealized their partners were happier than those who went into their union with a more accurate impression. This means they saw their spouse as fitter, smarter, kinder or wittier than they really were. It reminds us of that Jerry Seinfeld routine where he describes how men, no matter how poorly they behave, end up with women anyway…and that women think,…

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Disturbingly, nine southern states have obesity rates above 30% of their population, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia. This data is for 2009 and is an increase in the number of states… Continue

A new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology says that angry, hostile behavior from husbands is significantly related to increases in wives' symptoms of depression. Not surprising, perhaps. However, the reverse is not true. Moreover, warm, positive behavior from husbands lessened the negative impact of their hostile behavior. In the study, which observed 416 married couples at home,… Continue