Association of marital status with affective temperament, education, occupation, and bonding style.

BACKGROUND

Marital status, such as marriage and divorce, is an important aspect of one's life and is associated with biopsychosocial and economic factors. The present study aimed to investigate the association of marital status with affective temperament, education, occupation, and bonding style.

METHODS

The dataset included 112 individuals consisting of 28 unmarried, 69 married, and 15 divorced individuals. First, demographic data, including age, gender, education, occupation, affective temperament, and bonding style, were compared among the three groups (unmarried, married, and divorced) using analysis of variance or χ2 test. Second, multinominal logistic regression analyses were performed.

RESULTS

The proportion of full-time employees was significantly lower than that of homemakers in married participants compared with divorced participants, whereas neither education, affective temperament, nor parental bonding was significantly associated with marital status.

CONCLUSION

The present findings suggest that the proportion of full-time employees may be significantly lower than that of homemakers in married participants compared with divorced participants. Further prospective studies are needed to clarify causality and additional contributing factors.