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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

marriage, mortality, psychological benefits, health status

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Counseling Psychology and Special Education

Abstract

Relationships have already been shown to have clear psychological benefits for those involved. (Meyers, 1999) Research has also shown an inverse relationships between the number and quality of relationships and health status. (House 1988, Knox 1998) In addition to health status, an incredible amount of research has examined the relationship between relationships and mortality. Other researchers have attempted to summarize this data in metaanalyses. (HoltLunstad, Smith & Layton 2010, Manzoli 2007) However, past metaanalyses of mortality research have either focused on relationships in general or on a specific subgroup of married people, like the elderly. The current project looked specifically at marriage, and will include all age groups, not just the elderly. We were also able to look at subgroups of marriage data, like married, never married and divorced. This data will be particularly valuable to those looking to account for this effect as a possible covariate in other studies.

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