Social Intelligence

The New Science of Human Relationships

Data from multiple sources suggest that wives are more vulnerable to suffer the health costs of a rocky marriage than are their husbands. Yet women do not seem to be more biologically reactive than men in general.

Many surveys of American women show that positive relationships are their major source of satisfaction and well-being throughout life. For American men, on the other hand, positive relationshiips rate lower in importance than a sense of personal growth or a feeling of independence.

[From: Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (London: Arrow Books, 2007) by Daniel Goleman]