To conduct the study, researchers collected 572 saliva samples from healthy adults aged 21-55 years in a row for three consecutive days. Take multiple samples every 24 hours and test cortisol
Researchers found that married people are lower in stress hormone cortisol than married or unmarried.
The findings support the belief that singles including divorce or contacts are exposed to psychological pressure more than married men.
"It is exciting to find a physiological pathway explaining how human relationships affect health and disease," Dr. Brian Chin said. Dietrich Student of Humanities and Social Sciences Department Psychology Department
Researchers also compared the daily cortisol rhythm of each person. The married person decreases more quickly, shows a pattern related to the reduction of heart disease, and prolongs the cancer patient's lifespan.
Sheldon Cohen, laboratory director and co-author, Professor of Psychology at Robert E. Doherty University, says:
When social scientists are convinced that married people are healthier, they think they know the reason. They suggested that the person who got married is "someone" and the singles are not. During the economic boom, married people are supporting each other. They will monitor each other to eat more vegetables and resist excessive drinking. Married people also have considerable important advantages such as tax cuts and spouse's health management plans. We believe that the people married are "someone" and the single people are not. But studies have shown that singles tend to keep in touch with friends, neighbors, brothers and sisters, and parents. In contrast, the couple tends to turn their eyes to their own mind after marriage and pay less attention to friends and parents. A married person is "one person", but a single person is "one person".
However, recently several new methodologically complicated studies have been published. This shows amazing things. Perhaps our interests in marriage are wrong. Married people are not healthier than singles, and there is even a possibility that health may decline. They will not be long-lasting happiness. Dr. Dmitry Tumin, a sociologist at the Ohio State University School of Medicine, in the July issue of the Social Science Quarterly Journal reported on the study of the impact of the first marriage on health. Over 12,000 Americans are describing their general health status year after year, either after single or marriage
Social scientists say that married men are overseeing each other, so they will maintain health. However, singles exercise more than married people. On average, people get fattened after getting married. For some people, marriage actually exacerbates bad habits: nearly 16,000 pairs of male twin studies have found that marriage extends in any tendency a male already has. For example, smokers tend to smoke when married. The story about the benefits of marriage is not recognized as a major reward for living alone. In a life - long singles and research on consecutive marriages within five years, singles experienced more personal growth. They are enjoying deeper things such as increasing autonomy in choosing daily life and deepening confidence in their values.