Tag: marriage minutes

We hear it a lot… someone can't see the truth because they're too close to the source. This might be true in relationships as well, where we might be too close to see what's really going on. This study is based on a small sample, but it does raise some interesting insights. Dr. Nathaniel One small study asked strangers to identify cheaters just by viewing their interactions for a couple of minutes. Nathaniel Lambert, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University's School of Family Life authored the study, which looked at 51 undergraduate students at Florida State University and their romantic partners.

A Bling Ring Might Hint At Future Divorce

Weddings are a business, and that business of big weddings and shiny rings might be hurting your marriage. Two economics professors at Emory University in Atlanta surveyed 3,151 individuals in the U.S. who, at some point, had been married and found that there's an inverse relationship between the amount a couple had spent on their engagement ring and wedding ceremony, and the duration of their marriage.

The following is a news item selected by the Hitched editors during the week of September 25, 2014.

Are Home-Cooked Family Meals Still Possible?
Three sociologists, Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, Joslyn Brenton and their research team spent more than a year and a half conducting in-depth interviews with 150 black, white, and Latina mothers from all socioeconomic classes. They also spent over 250 hours observing 12 working-class and poor families. What they found is that sitting down for a regular, healthy family meal is really difficult—and perhaps unrealistic.

The following is a news item selected by the Hitched editors during the week of September 18, 2014.

A Husband's Happiness Is Tied To His Wife's Satisfaction
It's a common phrase, "Happy wife, happy life." There have been many studies over the years that have demonstrated just how true this is—and now there's another. Vicki Freedman, a research professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research along with Rutgers University sociologist, Deborah Carr, co-authored a new study that looks at how a husband and wife's marital appraisal impacts their psychological well-being.

The following is a news item selected by the Hitched editors during the week of September 11, 2014.

Why Do Children of Married Parents Do Better?
There are countless studies that demonstrate that children of married parents do better in life. These kids typically do better in school (in all stages), including the fact that they're more likely to attend college; they're more likely to earn more money; and they're more likely to create their own stable families, which continues the cycle of prosperity. The big question is why?

The following is a round-up of news items compiled by the Hitched editors during the week of September 04, 2014.

Is Porn Good or Bad For Your Marriage?
This isn't a peer-reviewed scientific poll, but we're going to share the results anyway—because it's interesting to know what others are thinking. A dating website and app, Meetville.com, conducted a poll beginning in the middle of June until September 2nd and received 58,139 responses. The question they asked was, "Is porn OK in a marriage?"

The following is a round-up of news items compiled by the Hitched editors for the week of June 9, 2014.

Study: Financial Responsibility Beats Sexy

Before you married your spouse, what was the one thing more important than anything else to you in that person? According to a new survey conducted by Experian Consumer Services, married adults valued financial responsibility—96%—more than physical attractiveness in a spouse.