魅力的な女性を妻にした男性は結婚の満足度が高い。(01 of16)
Open Image ModalAn October 2013 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests an attractive wife leads to a more satisfying marriage.\n\nPsychologist Andrea Meltzer tracked over 450 newlywed couples during the course of four years and discovered that spousal attractiveness plays a major role in marital satisfaction -- but only for men. \n\nInterestingly, the attractive wives also reported higher levels of satisfaction, all because having a happy hubby made them happier too.\n
恋人に関して直観的にどう感じるかで、結婚生活の幸福度はかなり予測できる。(02 of16)
Open Image ModalA study published in November 2013 in the journal Science says newlyweds\' gut feelings about their relationship can accurately predict their likelihood of marital happiness in the long run.\n\nJames K. McNulty, an associate professor of psychology, studied 135 newlywed couples for four year and found that feelings initially verbalized in interviews with the couples had little to no effect on their marital satisfaction, despite how in love they said they were, but subconscious gut-level feelings played a major role. \n\nCouples who had positive gut feelings (measured by a computer test) were much happier in their nuptials over time, versus the couples who had negative gut-level reactions.\n
よく眠れなかったカップルはケンカしやすい(03 of16)
Open Image ModalBad sleep can make your marital fights worse.\n\nA study out of UC Berkeley published in May 2013 in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science found that couples are more likely to fight after having a bad night\'s sleep.\n\nResearchers conducted two experiments using 149 couples. In both experiments, the people who reported having worse sleep also had more conflicts and worse conflict-resolution skills the next day.\n
結婚生活でのケンカを解決する役割は妻のほうが大きい。(04 of16)
Open Image ModalA November 2013 study out of UC Berkeley found that a wife\'s ability to regain composure after an argument was far more important than her husband\'s in regards to long-term marital satisfaction.\n\nLian Bloch, an assistant professor at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, analyzed more than 80 couples and took into consideration the couples\' body language, facial expressions, tone of voice and topics of discussion following points of contention. They discovered wives\' recovery time after conflicts had a larger impact on the relationship than the husbands\' both in the long and short term thanks to their ability to discuss and offer solutions. But the study showed the opposite is the case for married men.\n\n“Ironically, this may not work so well for husbands, whose wives often criticize them for leaping into problem-solving mode too quickly,\" explained the researchers.\n (credit:Gettystock)
幸せになれるかにおいて、結婚生活は、「給料の額」や「持ち家かどうか」よりも重要だ。(05 of16)
Open Image ModalBeing married is 20 times more important to a person\'s happiness than their earnings and 13 times more important than owning a home, according to the U.K.\'s Office of National Statistics, who surveyed 165,000 British people about their life satisfaction and anxiety levels. \n\nThe survey, published in May 2013, found that being married was the third most important factor related to happiness and well-being, after health and employment status. Being married had a greater impact on happiness than religion and having children, and married people reported being happier than those who are cohabitating, single, divorced or widowed.\n
カップルが最も幸せなのは、結婚の3年後だ。(06 of16)
Open Image ModalAccording to a survey from September 2013 conducted by U.K. law firm Slater & Gordon, married couples are happiest in their third year of marriage.\n\nResearchers polled 2,000 people and determined that a couple\'s first year of marriage was typically filled with post-wedding happiness, and the second year of marriage was dedicated to getting to know each one another.\n\nThe third year was found to be the happiest time in a couple\'s marriage, which the researchers attribute to becoming comfortable within the relationship and starting to plan a family. Couples were also used to sharing finances by their third year together.\n\nThe couples polled reported that the fifth year of marriage was a difficult one due to tiredness, increased workloads, and for some couples, children.\n
パートナーの声は、見知らぬ人の声より聞きとりやすい。(07 of16)
Open Image ModalAccording to a study published in the August 2013 issue of Psychological Science, people perceive their spouse’s voice more clearly than other unfamiliar voices.\n\nResearchers asked married couples between the ages of 44 and 79 to record themselves reading a script. Then, each participant listened to their partner\'s recording, as it played simultaneously with a recording of an unfamiliar voice of the same age and gender.\n\nThey found that the subjects performed better at accurately perceiving their spouse\'s voice over the unfamiliar one.\n
Online Gaming Can Hurt Your Marriage(08 of16)
Open Image ModalAccording to a Brigham Young University study, couples reported lower marital satisfaction when one spouse\'s gaming interfered with bedtime routines. Seventy-five percent of gamers\' spouses wished their partners would put more effort into their marriages; however, when both spouses gamed, a majority reported greater satisfaction in their relationships. (credit:Alamy)
The "Honeymoon Phase" Is A Myth(09 of16)
Open Image ModalIt turns out couples are happiest AFTER their first year of marriage, according to an Australian study. Newlyweds were found to have a lower happiness score than couples who had been married longer. Researcher Melissa Weinberg attributed this to a \"wedding hangover,\" or the depressed feeling couples get when the wedding is over and the marriage begins. (credit:Shutterstock)
Getting Angry Can Help Your Relationship(10 of16)
Open Image ModalFlorida State University researchers discovered that short-term angry discussions can actually be beneficial. Getting angry can help signal that certain behavior from your partner is unacceptable, said lead researcher James McNulty. (credit:Shutterstock)
Cohabitating Couples Shown To Be Happier Than Married Couples(11 of16)
Open Image ModalA study released in January found that while married couples exhibited health gains (most likely due to marriage benefits such as shared health plans), unmarried cohabitating couples experienced greater happiness and self-esteem.\nClarification: Language has been amended in this slide to represent more accurately the findings of the report. (credit:Shutterstock)
The Later You Have Sex, The Better Your Relationships(12 of16)
Open Image ModalResearchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that having sexual intercourse at a later age corresponded with less dissatisfaction with relationships in adulthood. Higher education level and household income also corresponded to a later age of first sexual experience. (credit:Shutterstock)
Interracial Marriage Rates And Acceptance Rising(13 of16)
Open Image ModalNot only are more interracial couples marrying, but interracial marriage is more widely accepted than ever before. In 2010, 15 percent of new marriages in the U.S. were between spouses of different races; in 1980, only 6.7 percent of marriages were interracial. (credit:Shutterstock)
Married People Are Healthier, Live Longer Than Singles(14 of16)
Open Image ModalStudies show that married couples experience lower levels of cancer, heart disease, depression and stress. The health benefits are even more pronounced for marrieds than for couples who are simply cohabiting. (credit:Shutterstock)
Young People Expect Marriages To Last(15 of16)
Open Image ModalA survey found that 86 percent of single and married people aged 18-29 expect their marriages to last a lifetime. Researcher Jeffrey Jensen Arnett told HuffPost that young people tend to have a romantic view of marriage and go into marriage determined to make it work. (credit:Shutterstock)
Married Women Drink More Than Single Women(16 of16)
Open Image ModalA study on marriage and alcohol found that women drink more after getting married, possibly because they are influenced by their husbands (on average, men drink more than women). Men, on the other hand, were found to drink less after getting hitched. (credit:Shutterstock)