Using large-scale longitudinal data, we unpack what actually changes when people enter (or leave) romantic relationships.

You might expect smarts and skill to lead to joy, but it’s not that simple.

Nobody wants to feel alone, and it's easy to slip into pretending everything's fine in your relationship just to avoid that dreaded solo status. But deep down, you know something's off. Trying to ...

Good relationships are key to a happy life. Research consistently finds a link between social connections and well-being. However, while relationships are important, so is the freedom to end them, ...

“Birds of a feather flock together,” the popular adage goes. It suggests people in a relationship who are similar to each other personality-wise are likely to be happier and stick together, while ...

You may have been optimizing your life for how it looks instead of how it feels. Imperfect Happiness shifts priorities toward ...

In today's fast-paced world, maintaining long-term relationships is challenging. Spiritual guru Premanand Maharaj offers a profound secret to lasting marriages: finding happiness in your partner's joy ...

Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of ...

Love is wonderful, love is joy, love is the greatest thing in the world… Love is also an enormous pain in the ass. Marriage is hard work. (Older people are nodding right now while young people are ...