Breast cancer survivors' satisfying marriages predict better psychological and physical health: A longitudinal comparison of satisfied, dissatisfied, and unmarried women.
Marcella Rosie ShroutMegan E RennaAnnelise A MadisonCatherine M AlfanoStephen P PovoskiAdele M LipariDoreen M AgneseWilliam B FarrarWilliam E CarsonJanice K Kiecolt-GlaserPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2021)
Although marriage was associated with improved psychological and physical health, the gains were most notable when survivors' marriages were satisfying. Thus, the quality of survivors' marriages, rather than the marriage itself, provided the most benefits to their psychological and physical health.