Peter Z
--- In asianamericanromance@yahoogroups.com, "Khwan" <khwan@...> wrote:
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> Group Members-from your experience and belief do you agree with this
> article?
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> KHWAN
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> Why being married can make you more relaxed
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> <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1304294/Why-married-make-rela\
> xed.html>
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> It will come as news to stressed spouses, but according to research
> being married makes you more relaxed.
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> The finding may go some way towards explaining previous studies which
> showed married couples have less heart disease and other health
> problems.
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> 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]
> True wedded bliss: Being married makes you more relaxed, according to
> researchers
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> 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.
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> '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.
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> 'We found unpaired individuals of both sexes had higher cortisol levels
> than married individuals.
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> 'Although marriage can be pretty stressful, it should make it easier for
> people to handle other stressors in their lives.'
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> <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1304240/Wash-Thatll-cost-5-Mu\
> m-Should-really-pay-children-to-help-house.html>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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