Australian adults who report a good relationship that meets their original expectations tend to score higher in mental health, while adults who report loving their spouse but wished they had never entered the relationship and note relationship problems tend to score significantly lower in mental health, according to a survey of almost 7,000 Australian adults published in PLOS ONE by Bernard Kwadwo Yeboah Asiamah-Asare and colleagues.
Marital harmony—or conflict—accounts for nearly 10% of the variation in mental health self-assessments, study finds
