Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues
I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.
I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living
I am disappointed with the recent Times article that claims that married people tend to be healthier than single people. Here's why the piece is misleading.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living
There's a lot of matrimania going on but I suspect that's not a sign of how secure we are about the place of marriage in our lives, but how insecure.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
Who is happier and psychologically stronger - people who got married and then got unmarried, or people who stayed single? The answer, in just about every study I've ever reviewed, is people who have stayed single.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media
When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media
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Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media
USA Today is very excited about marriage. Splashed across the front page of the Health and Behavior section, set off by a colorful illustration, was t...
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living
Even allowing for the approach that makes marriage look better than it really is, the differences in health between the currently-married and the always-single are tiny.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.09.2008 | Media
With no reliable differences in the rate of Alzheimer's between the married and the single people, the BBC should not have heralded the "findings" in a headline.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living