From --
"Don't get divorced or fired"
The Philadelphia Inquirer
March 15, 2007
When it comes to your long-term happiness, it's worse to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all, at least according to a review article by
Michigan State University psychologist Richard Lucas.
Lucas set out to investigate a commonly held view in his field - that people
are born to be happy or sad, the slings and arrows of fortune altering that
"set point" only temporarily.
"But nobody had specifically looked at the impact of big life changes, such
as marriage, divorce or unemployment, he said. ...
"But divorce, he found, could plunge you permanently into the emotional
dumps. So could losing your job.
"His findings, based on several different studies, were published in the
April issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science.
"On the plus side, he said, divorced people could climb back to the relative
happiness they enjoyed as singles by getting remarried.
--- From 'Study: Don't Get Divorced / The 'Gray' Divorce - 3/15/ 07" -- a Listserv message from http://www.smartmarriages.com/