MARRI

Marriage and Religion Research Institute.
Researching how marriage and religion affect our society.

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A 2020 study found that while both sexes suffer from gray divorce (divorce over age 50), women especially undergo a greatly reduced standard of living. @Brownsl_BGSU
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A 2020 @WHO study found no association between levels of risky behaviors and adolescent religious attendance but it did find that participants whose fathers did not attend church were almost twice as likely to report sexual intercourse.
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An @AmJEpi study examined how religious and/or spiritual factors affected these cancer patients among 126 adolescents and young adults, aged 14 to 21 years. @HFHarvard
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A 2018 study found that adolescents who attended weekly religious service had greater life satisfaction and were happier, volunteered more, had a greater sense of mission, were more forgiving and used sex and drugs less and fewer STDs. https://t.co/uwjEUM9Hf5

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A study from Spain taken three weeks after the outbreak of #COVID19 found that persons with a greater sense of belonging were less likely to feel depressed and anxious and were less likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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A 2020 Korean study found that sense of belonging increased after #COVID19 compared to before the pandemic. Moreover, individuals who received a national disaster relief fund had a higher awareness of belonging.
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A 2020 longitudinal study found that attendance at religious services at least once a week decreased the risk from deaths from despair by 68 percent. @JAMAPsych
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A 2021 Turkish study found that meaning in life had significant effects on loneliness and that religious coping strategies mediated this relationship.
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A 2014 longitudinal study found that attachment quality predicted the quality of interactions between infants and their fathers.
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A 2016 review found that infants exposed to skin-to-skin contact with their fathers had better heat conservation, were calmer, and cried less than those placed in cots or incubators. @shorey_shefaly @EvalotteM
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A 2016 clinical report by the @AmerAcadPeds reported that a father’s own well-being influenced their children’s health and development. @Miyogman @CFGarfield
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A 2012 study found that a secure father-child attachment relationship a) was related to both quantity and quality of fathering behavior, b) remained relatively stable across early childhood, and c) predicted increased paternal sensitivity over time.
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A 2018 study found that higher levels of paternal involvement predicted greater attachment security.
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A 2015 review found that stress during gestation put male babies at greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, whereas exposure to stress during childhood put young girls at greater risk for affective disorders. @TheBaleLab @NeillEppersonMD
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A 1994 meta-analysis found that men were more assertive than women, while women were more anxious, gregarious, trustful, and nurturing than men. However, it did not find differences between the sexes in control tendencies, impulsivity, and orderliness.
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A 2018 study showed how despite parental intervention, infant boys preferred to play with trucks, while infant girls preferred to play with dolls.
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A 2018 study examined found how despite parental intervention, infant boys preferred to play with trucks, while infant girls preferred to play with dolls. https://t.co/oRc5C9t1AV

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A 2020 meta-analysis of 75 studies from several countries, found that boys preferred to play with guns and cars, while girls preferred to play with dolls. These preferences have remained consistent across the past 5 decades. @CAHresearch_cam @jactopsy
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A 2010 study reported that girls had a significant preference for dolls, while boys had a significant preference for cars. However, this study did not find preferences for colors and shapes. @CambPsych
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A 2017 study investigated the associations between emotional intelligence and cognitive functioning in men and women. The study found that men scored significantly higher in cognition, while there were no differences in emotional intelligence.
https://t.co/NwzStDL5nG @doc_hof