Women who are in relationships are more likely to experience depression and low self-esteem.
We're
sorry to say that as love relationships grow, people tend to become sadder and
less confident. While this is true for everyone, it is especially prevalent
among women and married people.
While
people of all genders tend to become more depressed as their romantic
relationships progress, women consistently reported doing much worse than their
male counterparts in terms of mental well-being — especially those in
heterosexual partnerships, according to a recent study published in the Journal
of Family Psychology in June 2021.
The
study looked at levels of life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and
self-esteem in 554 German persons in romantic partnerships, according to
Matthew D. Johnson of the University of Alberta and his German colleagues Franz
J. Neyer and Christine Finn. They wanted to poll a varied range of people of
all ages, as well as couples at various phases in their love relationships: Some
were in their teens and dating casually, while others were in their forties and
married. However, the oldest participant was 41 years old, and just 1% of
participants were in same-sex partnerships.
Johnson's
findings did not indicate a lot of happy ever afters.
According
to the study, simply being a woman "predicted inferior initial subjective
well-being" as well as a bigger fall in general well-being as romantic
relationships progressed. It also discovered a significant drop in self-esteem
and melancholy symptoms as the relationship progressed, considerably more than
men in relationships had reported.
However,
the study indicated that everyone felt worse when they were partnered up, so
there is still hope for feminism.
Indeed,
the first set of studies found that after around a year in a relationship, all
half of unions felt worse about their life and themselves, regardless of
whether they were a teen casually dating or married in their thirties.
According to the findings, all genders' subjective well-being deteriorated, and
persons in partnerships consistently reported worse self-esteem while their
depression symptoms increased.
However,
not every relationship-induced depression is equal, as one group suffered more
than the others. The investigation also discovered that being "older"
and married (albeit the oldest individual examined was 41 years old) predicts
general poor well-being, as those who had married reported feeling
substantially less content with their lives than those who were still living
together or simply dating. Those in holy matrimony also had significantly
higher self-esteem concerns than their single counterparts.
Yes,
married women's symptoms were consistently worse than married men's symptoms.
At
this time, our thoughts and prayers are with all wedding planners. Women who
are married.