Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Discovery of a Partner Affair and Major Depressive Episode in a Probability Sample of Married or Cohabiting Adults

Mark A. Whisman
Family Process Summary & key facts 2015 31 citations

This study examined 227 married or cohabiting adults who scored below the midpoint on a marital satisfaction measure (putting them at higher risk for depression). Women were more likely than men to report discovering a partner had an affair in the past 12 months. Finding an affair was linked with…

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Family Dynamics and Relationships
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