Eine Studie zeigt, dass lebenslange Singles im Vergleich zu Partnern schlechtere Werte in Bezug auf Lebenszufriedenheit und unterschiedliche Persönlichkeitsmerkmale aufweisen. Diese Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass sowohl hilfreiche Netzwerke als auch Möglichkeiten zum Aufbau solcher Netzwerke erforderlich sind, die besser auf Singles zugeschnitten sind.

Although being married or in a long-term relationship is often seen as the norm, more people are staying single for life. But singlehood can bring economic and medical disadvantages, especially as people get older and may become more reliant on others.

New research in Psychological Science reveals that lifelong singles have lower scores on life satisfaction measures and different personality traits compared to partnered people, findings that point to the need for both helpful networks and ways to create such networks that are better catered to single people.

“When there are differences, they might be especially important in elderly people who face more health issues and financial issues,” said Julia Stern, one of the lead authors and a senior researcher at the University of Bremen in Germany, in an interview with APS. “They need more help, and the help is usually the partner.”

Stern and colleagues compared single people and partnered individuals on life satisfaction ratings and the Big Five personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). The study used a survey of more than 77,000 Europeans over the age of 50 and was the first of its kind to look across cultures and at people who had been single their entire lives. The findings revealed that, in addition to lower life satisfaction scores, lifelong singles are less extraverted, less conscientious, and less open to experience, compared to partnered people.

[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976241286865](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976241286865)

I hate this kind of article something fierce.

Lower satisfaction… BY HOW MUCH?

There is a huge difference between 5% less satisfaction and 40% less satisfaction. If you don’t tell us, then it’s worthless.