She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve: Women's Cardiovascular Health and Divorce

A new study shows that while mens' hearts escape unharmed, after divorce a woman's heart is more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.

The researchers, from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and the University of Texas at Austin, speculate that women are hard hit from both the emotional effects of divorce as well as its economic effects.

While the health benefits of marriage are well documented, this is one of the first studies to examine the effects of divorce on health. The study was published in the August 2006 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Comments

[barb elgin]

thanks for mentioning this Ellen, I recently came across this info as well.

i'm also very interested in the impact of breakups of long term relationships on the health of lesbian women. i would imagine that there are additional issues in these situations that add to the stress levels.

some of the 'so what do we do?' questions your post brings up for me are:

- what can we, as coaches, do to help women who find themselves in this situation?

- what can I do, as a relationship coach, to help prevent divorce in the first place?

[Mark Forster]

"The researchers speculate that..." doesn't sound very scientific to me.
It would be good to have a link to the study itself. It's not clear from your post what the study actually established and what was just speculation.

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I think that we need to remember that it is ok to Love Ourself!

We tend to feel that if we give it all away we will get it back, what we first must do is to give it to ourself, as we appreciate who we are then the Love will flow to us easily.

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