Young people aged 14 to 20 years are nowadays more satisfied with being single than their counterparts ten years ago. This is the conclusion of a study undertaken by the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "It seems that today's adolescents are less inclined to pursue a romantic relationship.
This could well be the reason for the increased singlehood satisfaction," said psychologist Dr. Tita Gonzalez Avilés, lead author of the recent study. Growing numbers of people are living as singles; in other words, they are not in a committed relationship.
It has been unclear to date whether this trend towards increased singlehood has also been accompanied by a higher level of satisfaction with this status. Throughout the world, marriage rates have been declining over past decades, while divorce rates and the proportions of single-person households have been on the rise. It is notable that, particularly in Western industrialized countries, singlehood is no longer unconventional and now considered more socially acceptable than in the past.
" Dr. Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz She analyzed data from the representative longitudinal Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam), which has been surveying the nature of romantic relationship and family dynamics in Germany since 2008. The most recent study is based on the information provided by 2,936 participants in different bir.
