A decade ago we published a book reporting an extensive analysis of nationwide panel data from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) project showing impacts of post-high school experiences on substance use (Bachman, Wadsworth, O'Malley, Johnston, & Schulenberg, 1997). One of the most important findings was that various categories of marital status,…

This study takes a multifaceted approach to examining reasons for the well-noted mental health advantage of the married. The authors examine whether socioeconomic resources and psychosocial resources explain this advantage for three aspects of mental health by comparing the consistently married to different types of unmarried individuals, as well…

Examined possibility that high rates of psychological distress, alcohol abuse, and mortality among divorced men reflects strains associated with being divorced fathers. Findings from 155 divorced fathers and 812 married fathers revealed that divorced fathers reported higher levels of parental role strain than did married fathers. (Author/NB)