THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING MARRIAGE WORK.

Over a 40 year period, 67% of first marriages will break up. Half of the divorces occur within the first 7 years. People who stay married live 4 years longer. Bad marriages lead to physiological and psychological stresses, and thus consequences (i.e. increase in high blood pressure, heart disease, anxiety, depression, suicide, violence, psychosis, homicide, substance abuse). Immune system gets depressed because of divorcees. Heightened marital stress also has an effect on the children‟s physiology and their behaviors. A peaceful divorce is better than a hostile marriage.