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Emerging research finds that divorce may impact physical and emotional health.\u00a0A new study by the University of Arizona suggest two possible culprits for poor health after divorce: a greater likelihood of smoking and lower levels of physical activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were trying to fill in the gap of evidence linking marital status and early mortality,\u201d said UA psychology doctoral student Kyle Bourassa, lead author of the study, which is published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know marital status is associated with both psychological and physical health, and one route from divorce to health risk is through health behaviors, like smoking and exercise. We also know that health behaviors are often linked to psychological variables, like life satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bourassa and his UA colleagues Drs. David Sbarra and John Ruiz reviewed data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, a long-term health study of adults over age 50 living in Great Britain. The study includes seven waves of data, collected from participants every two years beginning in 2002.<\/p>\n

The researchers analyzed information collected from 5,786 study participants, 926 of whom were divorced or separated and had not remarried, and the rest of whom were married. They looked at participants\u2019 self-reported life satisfaction, exercise frequency and smoking status, as well as measurements of participants\u2019 lung function and levels of inflammation.<\/p>\n

They also kept track of who passed away during the study period, finding that participants who were divorced or separated had a 46 percent greater risk of dying during the study than their still-married counterparts.<\/p>\n

As to why that might be, Bourassa and his co-authors found that divorced or separated participants, especially women, reported lower life satisfaction than married participants. Lower life satisfaction, in turn, predicted lower levels of physical activity, which is linked to greater risk for early death.<\/p>\n

Divorced participants also were more likely than married participants to smoke and, as a result, had poorer lung function, which predicted early mortality.<\/p>\n

The researchers controlled for variables like gender, self-reported health, age and socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n

Although the study didn\u2019t explicitly examine why divorce seems to be associated with greater likelihood of smoking and lower levels of exercise, the researchers propose a possible determinant. Divorced individuals no longer have spouses holding them accountable for their health behaviors, Bourassa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPartner control of health might play a role,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you imagine a husband or wife who doesn\u2019t smoke and their partner does, one might try to influence the other\u2019s behavior. In many ways, when relationships end, we lose that important social control of our health behaviors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Future research should consider the roles of other health behaviors, like diet and alcohol consumption, as well as other marital statuses, such as widowed or remarried adults, Bourassa said.<\/p>\n

In addition, studies might look at the effects of changes in behavior\u00a0\u2014\u00a0for example, quitting smoking or starting smoking for the first time\u00a0\u2014 which is something the current study did not consider, he said.<\/p>\n

The investigators explain that more study is needed to know if the findings regarding smoking and exercise for aging adults after divorce are generalizable to younger divorced populations, too.<\/p>\n

Moreover, it is important to note that divorce doesn\u2019t always lead to negative health outcomes. Quality of life, for example, can significantly improve for individuals who have ended unhealthy relationships.<\/p>\n

Still, since divorce overall continues to be linked to poorer health, knowing that smoking and exercise may be part of the explanation could help inform interventions for those who\u2019ve gone through a separation, Bourassa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a subgroup of people that are at greater risk for these poorer health behaviors, so the goal might be to target them for interventions to hopefully improve their long-term health,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have interventions for people who smoke, and we have interventions for people who don\u2019t get enough exercise, so if we know someone who is divorced, maybe we should ask, \u2018Are you smoking? Are you getting enough physical activity?’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding that life satisfaction seems to link divorce to physical activity levels also suggests that interventions to improve people\u2019s life satisfaction and psychological well-being<\/a> could translate downstream to physical health improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: University of Arizona\/EurekAlert<\/a><\/p>\n

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