MIDLIFE AND OLDER COUPLES

Midlife and Older Couples

Midlife and Older Couples

Less than Half couples are married on their 25th Anniversary

More than half the Americans who might have commemorated their 25th marriage anniversaries since 2000 were separated, separated or widowed before coming to that milestone, according to the newest census survey, issued yesterday. For the first time at smallest since World War II, women and men who wed in the late 1970s had a less than even possibility of still being wed 25 years later. “We understand that somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent of marriages dissolve,” said Barbara Risman, executive agent of the assembly on Contemporary Families, a study group. “Now, when people marry, everyone wonders, is this one of those marriages that will be around for awhile.” But David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, a marriage research and advocacy group, said he was struck that the percentage of people who celebrated their 15th anniversary had declined. “This appears to be saying more recent marriages are more fragile,” Mr. Blankenhorn said. About 80 percent of first marriages that took location in the late 1950s lasted at smallest 15 years. Among people who wed in the late 1980s for the first time, although, only 61 percent of the men and 57 per hundred of the women were wed 15 years later.

Marital Satisfaction after children move out

Children bring much delight to your life. Are you sure? believe afresh! According to Daniel Gilbert, Harvard university psychology professor, having young kids has a negative effect on marital satisfaction. It's an illusion that young kids boost people's happiness.

Gilbert , scribe of the publication 'Stumbling on happiness' based his statement throughout a joyfulness seminar in May in Sydney, Australia on several studies that are cited in most developmental psychology textbooks: numerous twosomes experience a drop in their marital approval after the birth of their first child. Particularly at risk are those twosomes who wed after a somewhat short courtship, are not resolved in their joint venture yet and get a baby shortly after marriage. If couples postpone having children until their careers are under way, work on their economic stability and farther focus on construction up a sense of “we-ness” , their marital satisfaction will be more resilient against the challenges of lifting children.

Middle Age (50-65) is a Very Happy Time For Married Couples

Some new investigations confirm earlier research displaying that middle age is the least joyous time for marriages ... but they often advance with age.

Agroup at the University of Utah discovered that as couples age, they see their partner's demeanour to be less negative than middle-aged couples. They supervised the interactions of wed twosomes and found that "Older persons described higher marital satisfaction and perceived their spouse's demeanour as less negative in general and more affirmative across all contexts than middle-aged individuals."

Earlier study looked at confrontation tenacity strategies and reached a similar conclusion: marital disagreements (OK, you can call them 'fights') becomes less emotional and more affectionate with ...