We all know that the quality of a marriage or the daily ups and downs of interaction with a spouse can impact us, leaving us feeling high or low. But did you ever think about the effect of a spouse after death? One University of Michigan study of couples in the Detroit area has shown that the quality of a marriage impacts the quality of life as a widow or widower.
Four years after a spouse’s death, widowed men and women who enjoyed good marriages are less likely to experience depression than people whose marriages were bad, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
“A good marriage seems to have a protective impact on surviving spouses, while a bad marriage just keeps on making the widowed feel bad even after their spouses are gone,” said U-M graduate student Nina Rhee in a news release.
Read more about it here. One more reason to try hard for a happy marriage!
