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Why being married can make you more relaxed
It will come as news to stressed spouses, but according to research being married makes you more relaxed.
The finding may go some way towards explaining previous studies which showed married couples have less heart disease and other health problems.
In the latest study scientists found students given tests they believed would affect their career prospects had much less of the stress hormone cortisol if they had a partner.
True wedded bliss: Being married makes you more relaxed, according to researchers
Professor Dario Maestripieri of Chicago University, whose finding are published in the journal Stress, said: 'What we found is that marriage has a dampening effect on cortisol responses to psychological stress - and that is very new.
'These results suggest single and unpaired individuals are more responsive to psychological stress than married individuals, a finding consistent with a growing body of evidence showing-that marriage and social support can buffer against stress.
'We found unpaired individuals of both sexes had higher cortisol levels than married individuals.
'Although marriage can be pretty stressful, it should make it easier for people to handle other stressors in their lives.'
Five hundred students, almost half of whom were married or in relationships, played a series of computer games that tested economic behaviours. Saliva samples measured hormone level changes.
The survey also found singletons displayed higher testosterone levels than their married or committed colleagues - a finding that mirrors previous human research as well as animal observations.
Professor Maestripieri, who conducts most of his research on monkeys in Puerto Rico, said species of primates and birds show similar changes where males assist females with rearing.
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