Matrimania

Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living


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I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

Marriage and Health: Et Tu, New York Times?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living


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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.

Marital Mentalities: The Changes are Historic, and We're Living Them

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.12.2009 | Living


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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.

"Avoid Marriage," Advises Atlantic Writer

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living


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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.

For the Love of Blogging

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


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When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.

USA Today Reporter Responds to Blog Post

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media


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Promoting Marriage-Promotion with Dubious Scientific Claims: USA Today's Feature Story

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


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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...

True or False: Married People Healthiest, but Singles Catching Up

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living


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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.

BBC Claims Singles Are at Risk for Alzheimer's; I Think the BBC is Losing Its Mind

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.09.2008 | Media


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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.