TARGET ARTICLE: Singles in Society and in Science

By B. DePaulo, Wendy L. Morris. 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Because I (Don't) Deserve It: How Relationship Reminders and Deservingness Influence Consumer Indulgence (2014, positive): “Indeed, prior research has suggested that coupled people often invest heavily in one romantic relationship at the expense of other supportive relationships (i.e., close friendships) (DePaulo and Morris 2005), which may be the case in this sample.”
Influence in Relationships: A Meta-Analysis on Health-Related Social Control (2015, background): “Married individuals live longer, healthier lives than their single counterparts (Berkman & Syme, 1979; DePaulo & Morris, 2005; Johnson, Backlund, Sorlie, & Loveless, 2000), whereas social isolation is a potent risk factor for illness and mortality (e.g., House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988).”
DO PEOPLE REALLY ADAPT TO MARRIAGE? (2006, background): “Previous cross-sectional research has consistently shown that marital status tends to be one of the strongest demographic correlates of subjective well-being (e.g., Haring-Hidore, Stock, Okun, & Witter, 1985; though see DePaulo & Morris, 2005, for a critical perspective on this literature).”
The Unrecognized Stereotyping and Discrimination Against Singles (2006, background): “Meta-analytic reviews (summarized by DePaulo & Morris, 2005a) are sometimes said to support the claim that getting married makes people happier, because currently married people score higher on happiness than other groups.”
The Ambiguous Link between Marriage and Health: A Dynamic Reanalysis of Loss and Gain Effects (2017, background): “Some psychologists have been critical as well, and have argued that researchers have overstated the evidence and interpreted findings too quickly in terms of health protection (DePaulo and Morris 2005).”
No Shelter for Singles: The Perceived Legitimacy of Marital Status Discrimination (2007, positive): “The ideology, as described by DePaulo and Morris (2005a), unreservedly values marriage and maintains that married adults are more valuable, important, and worthy than single adults.”
The Fewer the Merrier?: Assessing Stigma Surrounding Consensually Non‐monogamous Romantic Relationships (2013, background): “In addition, similar to the recently well-documented discrimination against singles (see DePaulo, 2007; DePaulo & Morris, 2005, for a review), current legislation at the state and federal levels do not have laws protecting CNM individuals from discrimination.”
The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen (2014, neutral): “For example, DePaulo and Morris (2005) summarized their view of the prevailing model of marriage as follows: “The contemporary model, in short, is this: Adults should look to their sexual partners to fulﬁll most of their emotional, inter-personal, economic, and practical needs and desires” (p. 76).”
Marriage and Subjective Well-Being: How and Why Context Matters (2015, positive): “This lack of attention to the mechanism by which marriage influences well-being may be the result of taken for granted culturally held assumptions concerning the advantages and joys of marriage (DePaulo and Morris 2005).”
“I’m a Loser, I’m Not Married, Let’s Just All Look at Me”: Ever-Single Women’s Perceptions of Their Social Environment (2011, background): “Although other researchers have discussed visibility (e.g., DePaulo & Morris, 2005) and invisibility (e.g., Byrne, 2003), the extant research examined each phenomenon separately; no known study has explored the relationship between them.”
Marital Status and Social Well-Being: Are the Married Always Better Off? (2008, positive): “Indeed, in their recent article, DePaulo and Morris (2005) contend that there has been an implicit bias against singlehood in the academic literature.”