People who regularly clash with their significant other are more likely to develop heart diseases than those in happy marriages.
A new study carried out by the National Social Life Health and Ageing Project found that marriages tainted by rows, criticism and demands were more harmful to the heart than good supportive ones were beneficial.
According to the Huffington Post, also showed that the effect was particularly detrimental to women and the impact of the marital quality on heart and artery disease risk became much stronger at older ages.
"Marriage counselling is focused largely on younger couples. But these results show that marital quality is just as important at older ages, even when the couple has been married 40 or 50 years," said sociologist Hui Lui from Michigan State University.
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