| Relationship |
Minimum 2 Potential Advantages (e.g. positive impact on well-being) |
Minimum 2 Potential Disadvantages (e.g. negative impact on well-being) |
Minimum 2 techniques/resources to facilitate relationship success and improve well-being (e.g. social support, friendships, communication, behavioral techniques) |
|
Marriage |
Couples help each other in stress management Benefit from sexual and emotional intimacy |
Extra bureaucracy especially when changing names Regular domestic quarrels |
Understanding and communication Resolve disputes early Focus on positive influence |
| Cohabitation (unmarried) |
Support and care Social and emotional fulfillment |
Less commitment Contradicted experience leading to dissolution |
Respecting each other’s decision Spending quality time apart Formulating realistic expectation |
|
Remaining Single |
Improves self-reliance Mindfulness based stress reduction |
Expenses burden living alone Extreme sessions of loneliness sometimes |
Focus on yourself the most Love being alone and take up new hobbies |
|
Single Parent |
Teaches self-reliance and responsibility Fewer domestic arguments |
Scholastic challenges Lack of quality time with children |
Spend quality time with children Show love for your children |
| Child moving out for College |
Open pathways to opportunities Improve self-responsibility and independence |
Susceptibility to bad influence Psychological stress |
Set goals and priorities Keep schedule |
| Caring for an ill parent |
Improved family relationship Improved family health |
Financial challenges Problem with work and other roles |
Have empathy and compassion Treat each other with love |
| Divorced with children |
Improved stability Improved independence and self-reliance |
Problem raising children alone Sense of loss |
Avoid stress Spend quality time with children |
| Remarriage with children (blended family) |
Enhanced financial support Improved parental relationship |
Hardship in conflict resolution Stress management issues |
Understand and communicate with each other |
Follow up
Research has shown that married people have a higher propensity of well-being compared to their unmarried counterparts . Cohabitation, which is not only preliminary to marriage but also an accepted alternative setting of parenthood shares many common beneficial effects to marriage ( Adamczyk, 2018). For instance, apart from joint residence, there is mutual emotional support and social upheaval of amongst partners
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Generally, findings indicate that marriage has transitional benefits compared to other relationships such as cohabitation, single parenting, and divorce in improving psychological well-being ( Gustems-Carnicer, Calderón, & Santacana, 2017). According to Lehmann et al., (2018) single parenting, and divorce which involve raising children single-handedly is faced with technicalities of upbringing such as conflict resolution, emotional and psychological support to children and sense of loss is common and perilous if not properly managed.
References
Adamczyk, K. (2018). Direct and indirect effects of relationship status through unmet need to belong and fear of being single on young adults' romantic loneliness. Personality and Individual Differences , 124 , 124-129.
Gustems-Carnicer, J., Calderón, C., & Santacana, M. F. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) and its relationship with psychological well-being and academic progress in college students. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología , 49 (1), 19-27.
Lehmann, V., Tuinman, M. A., Braeken, J., Vingerhoets, A. J., Sanderman, R., & Hagedoorn, M. (2015). Satisfaction with relationship status: Development of a new scale and the role in predicting well-being. Journal of happiness studies , 16 (1), 169-184.
