Jonathan Cooper Professor Wood Introductory Sociology November 13, 2008 Factors for the Initiation and Cultivation of Marital Romance and the Implications for Church Ministry The implications of marriage are dramatic. When marriage works, marriage works wonders. Writing in the Journal of Marriage and Family, researchers noted, "Many studies have established that married people fare better than their never-married counterparts in terms of psychological well-being." (Lamb, Lee & DeMaris 2004: 953) In October of 2005, researchers from Cornell and Pennsylvania State University "found that married individuals reported the highest level of subjective well-being..." (Dush & Amato 607) According to the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, "Married men and women report having more and better sex than single people." (Harrison, Stanley & Johnson) RAND's Center of Study for Aging observed, “Numerous studies covering 140 years have shown that married perso...