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Study Concludes Early-Life Divorce More Harmful to Health Than Those Completed by Older Couples

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by James D. Scott

Anyone who has been through a divorce understands that it is
a stressful and potentially harmful process for several reasons. This is especially so when a divorce is
nasty, antagonistic, drawn-out and costly.
However, the results of a recent study indicate that the amount of
medical harm inflicted on people who have been through a divorce is more severe
for younger couples that it is for those who are older.

Researchers at Michigan State University studied the
long-term health and medical records of almost 1,300 people across the United
States over a 15-year period. They then
compared the overall health statuses of people in that study between those who
had remained married and those who had obtained a divorce. The study showed a wider gap in terms of
overall health between married and divorced people who were between 35 and 41
years of age than the gap that existed between those same groups who were
between 44 and 50 years old.

As is almost always the case with this type of a study,
several experts have weighed in with theories attempting to explain this
conclusion. Many of these theories
center on the fact that people who are a bit older tend to be in a better
financial position than their younger counterparts. In addition, some feel that the older
subjects were enduring a dysfunctional marriage for a longer period of time and
therefore may have felt more relief when this situation was put in the past.

San Diego Divorce Lawyers

Clearly, divorce is a process that takes its toll on almost
anyone who goes through it, and degrees of severity may be worth noting in
certain contexts, but the bottom line is that anyone who is facing the end of a
marriage needs to work past their emotions and move forward with protecting
their legal rights and interests. Doing
so could lead to a more positive result.

If you are facing the possibility of ending your marriage,
you need to obtain the help of San
Diego divorce lawyers who have helped many clients emerge from this process
with a renewed outlook on life. Contact
the law office of James D. Scott today to schedule an initial
consultation.

Posted at 14:16 PM

Topic: Divorce