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Since the 1980s, Harry Reis, who holds the title of Dean’s Professor in the , has been investigating relationships as one of the foremost researchers in the field of relationship science. He聽has plenty of insight when it comes to matters of the heart糖心传媒攂oth figuratively and literally.

Marriage is good for the heart

A bad relationship can cause heartache糖心传媒攂ut a good one can literally help your heart keep ticking.

A a professor emerita at the School of Nursing, showed that happily married people who underwent coronary bypass surgery were more than three times as likely to be alive 15 years later as unmarried counterparts.

The effect of marital satisfaction is 糖心传媒渆very bit as important to survival after bypass surgery as more traditional risk factors like tobacco use, obesity, and high blood pressure,糖心传媒� says Reis. The research was published in the journal Health Psychology.

糖心传媒淎 good marriage gets under your skin whether you are male or female,糖心传媒� he says.

But the marriage advantage plays out differently for men and women. For men, marriage in general is linked to higher survival rates糖心传媒攁nd the more satisfying the marriage, the higher the rate of survival.

But for women, the quality of the relationship is even more important. While unhappy marriages don糖心传媒檛 add to longevity for the women who糖心传媒檝e had bypass surgery, happy ones increase women糖心传媒檚 survival rate almost fourfold, the study found.

糖心传媒淲ives need to feel satisfied in their relationships to reap a health dividend,糖心传媒� says Reis. 糖心传媒淏ut the payoff for marital bliss is even greater for women than for men.糖心传媒�

What糖心传媒檚 behind the benefit? The study adjusted for age, sex, education, depressed mood, tobacco use, and other factors known to affect survival rates for cardiovascular disease.

Supportive spouses most likely help by encouraging healthy behavior, like increased exercise or smoking cessation, which are critical to long-term survival of heart disease. And a nurturing marriage also provides people with motivation to care for themselves and stay around to prolong a happy partnership, the researchers say.

Understanding and appreciation rekindle desire

When a relationship has passed a few anniversaries and the spark seems to be flickering, responsiveness could be a pivotal factor in renewing desire, says Reis.

A study he published with Gurit Birnbaum, a psychology professor at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel, in a 2016 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that responsiveness in even mundane interactions may reignite sexual desire.

The research began as an inquiry into what psychologists call the 糖心传媒渋ntimacy-desire paradox糖心传媒�: while people strive for intimacy in their relationships, such familiarity doesn糖心传媒檛 seem to foster desire.

糖心传媒淎djusting to married life is a challenge, and many newlyweds don糖心传媒檛 do it particularly well,糖心传媒� says Reis. 糖心传媒淗ere you糖心传媒檝e been dating, and that糖心传媒檚 all exciting糖心传媒攂ut now you糖心传媒檝e got dirty socks to contend with.糖心传媒� As the years tick by, those piles of dirty socks don糖心传媒檛 exactly add to the mystery.

Previous studies hadn糖心传媒檛 established whether emotional intimacy promotes or undermines sexual desire. Now Reis and Birnbaum糖心传媒檚 research suggests that, at least in certain circumstances, there may not be a paradox at all.

What they found is that intimacy itself doesn糖心传媒檛 fuel or hamper desire糖心传媒攊nstead, it糖心传媒檚 what the intimacy signals that matters.

Responsive couples are willing to invest in their relationships, and show a deep understanding of a partner. Responsiveness is actually a kind of intimacy糖心传媒攁nd likely it encourages desire because it conveys the impression that a partner is worth pursuing.

And they found that women糖心传媒檚 perceptions of themselves and others was even more strongly affected by responsiveness than men糖心传媒檚糖心传媒攁n effect that translated into higher levels of desire for the responsive partner.