Mental Health: Why do married couples have better mental health than those that just live together?

Why do married couples have better mental health than those that just live together?QUOTE: "Williams and his colleagues conclude that the "association between martial status and mental illness is robust and generalizable" among black and white populations. What's more, they also found that the tremendous benefits a spouse brings to one's mental health COULD NOT BE replicated by a co-habitating mate. The status of marriage -- that piece of paper known as the marriage license-- made the difference." END QUOTE

Source: David Blankenhorn, Fatherless America: Confronting our Most urgent Social Problem (New York: Basic Books, 1995) p. 31
Dude - Why Marriage Matters, by Glenn T. Stanton 1997, Colorado Springs, CO
is the original source, he quotes this study.

Answer by Fireball226
the lover will stick around..

Answer by Gen•X•er
Do they? That hasn't been my experience... LOL

Answer by sunshinesss:)
Because they are in a strong committed relationship of marriage.

Answer by guns & broads
People with mental health issues probably don't get married as often, nor stay married as often as people without mental health issues.

Answer by dance_of_the_storm
I find that ridiculous. oO

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