Glenn T. Stanton, writing for Focus on the Family, looks at factors that influence marital stability.
Religious commitment, rather than mere religious affiliation, contributes to greater levels of marital success.
Stanton quotes Scott Stanley, one of my favorite authors and a leading researcher in marital issues:
Whether young or old, male or female, low-income or not, those who said that they were more religious reported higher average levels of commitment to their partners, higher levels of marital satisfaction, less thinking and talking about divorce, and lower levels of negative interaction. These patterns held when controlling for such important variables as income, education, and age at first marriage.
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