Older men raised in caring families might have more secure marriages in late life, researchers say.
"Our study shows that the influences of childhood experiences can be demonstrated even when people reach their 80s, predicting how happy and secure they are in their marriages as octogenarians," said Robert Waldinger, of Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Waldinger and his colleagues looked at data on 81 men in the United States who took part in a long-term study, beginning when they were teens. Half went to Harvard, while the others were from inner-city Boston.
Those who grew up in a warm family environment were better at managing stress when they were middle-aged, according to the study authors. This helps explain why they had more stable marriages later in life, the researchers said.
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