Marital Status, Marital Transitions, and Health: A Gendered Life Course Perspective∗

By Kristi Williams, Debra J Umberson. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2004

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Subfields: Demography, General Health Professions, Health

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Partnership Instability and Child Well-Being (2007, background): “Social stress theory posits that the negative effects of partnership changes should be most pronounced around the time of the change and should fade out over time in the absence of additional changes (Acock & Demo, 1994; Williams & Umberson, 2004).”
Marital Quality and Health Over 20 Years: A Growth Curve Analysis (2013, background): “…including the predivorce process (Kitson & Langley, 1984), has been linked to health outcomes, including health behaviors, mental health, physical health, and mortality (Lorenz, Wickrama, Conger, & Elder, 2006; Sbarra, Law, & Portley, 2011), especially among men (Williams & Umberson, 2004).”
Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and differences across nations (2010, background): “Some American studies suggest that men have more mental and physical health problems following marital dissolution than do women (Hetherington, 2003 ; Williams & Umberson, 2004 ).”
Family Relationships and Well-Being (2017, background): “…suggesting that individuals in better health are more likely to be married (Lipowicz, 2014), most researchers emphasize two theoretical models to explain why marital relationships shape well-being: the marital resource model and the stress model (Waite & Gallager, 2000; Williams & Umberson, 2004).”
Advances in Families and Health Research in the 21st Century (2010, background): “Effects are generally stronger for women than men (Williams & Umberson, 2004), and persist over the life course (Umberson, Williams, Powers, Liu, & Needham, 2006).”
Online Dating in Middle and Later Life (2014, background): “Becoming single, through divorce or widowhood, is an emotionally challenging experience (Barrett, 2000; Kitson, Babri, Roach, & Placidi, 1989; Williams & Umberson, 2004) that can hamper future relationship formation (Lampard & Peggs, 2007; Moorman, Booth, & Fingerman, 2006; Talbott, 1998).”
Trait emotional intelligence, conflict communication patterns, and relationship satisfaction (2008, background): “Married individuals reportedly experience greater psychological well-being (Kim & McKenry, 2002; Williams, 2003) and report less health problems (Wickrama, Conger, Lorenz, & Matthews, 1995; Williams & Umberson, 2004), than do unmarried individuals.”
I do, but i can’t: The impact of marriage denial on the mental health and sexual citizenship of lesbians and gay men in the United States (2006, background): “Concomitantly, other studies have suggested that mental health improves across the transition into marriage (Marks & Lambert, 1998; Simon, 2002; Simon & Marcussen, 1999; Williams, 2003; Williams & Umberson, 2004; see Horwitz & White, 1991, for an exception).”
Country Differences in the Effects of Divorce on Well-Being: The Role of Norms, Support, and Selectivity (2010, background): “Many studies have found that the experience of a divorce has a negative effect on one’s mental health and well-being (Wheaton, 1990; Booth and Amato, 1991; Mastekaasa, 1995; Marks and Lambert, 1998; Simon, 2002; Williams and Umberson, 2004; Kalmijn and Monden, 2006).”