August 2009
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Australia: Marriages at 20-year high as break-ups... →
The number of people tying the knot is at a 20-year high, while fewer of those signing up to conjugal bliss are shedding tears over a failed marriage. Last year, there were 118,756 marriages registered in Australia, almost 2500 more than the previous year and the highest number in the past two decades. In 1989, there were 117,176 marriages. The figures are contained in a snapshot of the past 20...
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WatchLive Chat with Dr. Rozario Slack and Nisa Muhammad
Dr. Rozario Slack Bio
Nisa Muhummad Bio
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Did you miss the Smart Marriages 2009 Conference? →
See clips from Keynote sessions from the 2009 Smart Marriages Conference. All 150+ sessions, 12 Plenary Keynote presentations, 2 Banquet Keynote presentations are available through iplayback.
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study: Marriage is linked to obesity →
Researchers who followed 6,949 U.S. adolescents into young adulthood found that those who married were more than twice as likely to become obese than those who just kept dating. Obesity was up to three times higher in married versus dating partners. Couples who lived together reported less physical activity, more TV and computer time and other obesity-promoting behaviours that they risk passing...
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study: Marriage may be secret to beating cancer. →
US researchers from Indiana University analyzed data on 3.8m people diagnosed with cancer between 1973 and 2004. They found people who were married had a 63% chance of surviving five years, compared to 45% of people who were separated, the journal Cancer reported. The team said the stress of break-up probably affected survival rates. Previous studies have looked at the impact of marriage on health...
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WatchThe Toll of War
The Marines fighting in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province are facing a tough Taliban insurgency. They’re also facing the strain of separation from fiancees, wives and kids. “A lot of things I deal with are relationship-related. In fact, most things I deal with are domestic issues,” says Navy Lt. Terry Roberts, the battalion chaplain. (article link)
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study: A lonely heart may lead to actual heart... →
A new study has linked feeling forlorn to a nearly 80 percent increase in the risk of heart disease—but only in women. People feel lonely when they don’t have a sense of connectedness with their friends and families, experts say. “Loneliness is related to how fulfilled we feel in our relationships,” said Brooke Aggarwal, a researcher in preventive cardiology at Columbia University Medical...
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In this audio interview, Brett Williams, author...
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The Idea Camp-Justice Edition held in Washington,... →
Many of society’s ills we rally around have root in family breakdown. Rather than just accept family breakdown as inevitable, research now is quite clear on what makes marriage succeed or fail and how educational approaches change the odds. Come share and explore how strengthening marriages and healthy relationships makes a difference in the well-being of children in cities across America....
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“We [Americans] divorce, repartner, and remarry faster than people in any other...”
– Andrew Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins sociologist and author of The Marriage-Go-Round. See full article…
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Study: Generation Gap Is the Widest Since the...
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study: Tips to reduce the likelihood that children... →
via Washington Times: 1) Keep lines of communication open with your children. 2) Stay connected (without micromanaging), and, especially, keep Dad engaged. 3) Set good personal examples; model the behaviors you want to see. 4) Set reasonable rules and enforce them without being punitive. 5) Know where your children are and who their friends are. 6) Eat dinner together regularly. Sharing good food...
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Can you fall back in love? →
There is no consensus, but Anthony Centore, director of Thrive Boston Counseling and Psychotherapy, and other specialists do say that it’s possible to fall back in love with someone - with work. “A lot of people come in and they think they can never feel the way they did,’’ Centore said, “but after they start going through the [therapeutic] process, their skepticism starts going away.’’ The...
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“When we disrupt the natural healing process by focus on damage, unfairness,...”
– Steven Stosny, Ph.D., treats people for anger and relationship problems. Recent books: How to Improve your Marriage without Talking about It, and Love Without Hurt. See full article…
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A Three-City Study: Kids report first sexual... →
A new Iowa State study of nearly 1,000 low-income families in three major cities found that one in four children between the ages of 11 and 16 reported having sex, with their first sexual intercourse experience occurring at the average age of 12.77. The study was co-authored by Brenda Lohman, an associate professor of human development and family studies; and Tina Jordahl,...
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WatchTeens Talk About Step Families
Great to see part of a group from the Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative’s teen advisory board who participated in a teen panel on NBC’s “The Today Show” Tuesday. ACHMI, based at Auburn University, has eight family resource centers across the state and hundreds of community partners conducting classes on healthy relationships
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Monogamous men urged to step up to the plate →
The World Congress of Families (WCF), meeting in Amsterdam, has been told that men in monogamous relationships hold the key to bolstering the traditional family unit. Family Research Council’s Dr. Pat Fagan spoke to the WCF gathering on the need to strengthen the role of the traditional family in society worldwide. He is promoting monogamous marriage between a man and a woman — rather...
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ASIA: Marriage no safe haven for women? →
An estimated 50 million women in Asia are at risk of contracting HIV from male partners who engage in risky sexual behaviours, says a new UNAIDS report released at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in Bali, Indonesia, this week. The report, HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner Relationships in Asia, cites evidence from several Asian countries indicating that...
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WatchVideo Chats: The New Frontier of Dating?
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Troops' families feel weight of war →
Statistics are showing a trend in broken military marriages. The Pentagon says divorce rates among enlisted soldiers and Marines increased to about 4% in 2008, a full percentage point jump from when the Iraq war began. The civilian rate is 3.5%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers tracking 226 Army marriages at Fort Campbell, Ky., last year, found that 6% ended...
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study: Divorce and Health →
New research shows that when married people become single again, whether by divorce or a spouse’s death, they experience much more than an emotional loss. Often they suffer a decline in physical health from which they never fully recover, even if they remarry. The findings, from a national study of 8,652 men and women in their 50s and early 60s, suggest that the physical stress of marital loss...