You've heard many stories before of married couples involved in different types of crimes. These include physical abuse, grave threats as well as murder. Often, these crimes are committed when one of the spouses can no longer control his or her pent-up emotions usually during a heated argument.
Among single young adults, crimes are also common. As they're still not involved in a serious relationship such as marriage, many are not afraid to commit offenses.
A new research, however, has found that marriage can contribute to reducing crime and self-control has a lot to do with it. With marriage, the study showed that people have a greater chance of developing more self control. The researchers from Monash University and Florida State University came up with these findings after looking into the changes in the respondents' marital status, marijuana use and self control. They analyzed the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth which covered adolescents and young adults in the U.S.
A positive result when those who used marijuana got married was they discontinued their habit. The change was attributed to an improvement in the person's self control. The authors of the study added that people are not likely to commit offenses when they take steps to avoid risks and control their impulses.
According to experts in the field of criminology, married people normally refrain from committing crimes as they feel they are worried about how their spouses will react. Another possible reason could that they feel they have more to lose if they do something illegal.
It's been also found that people who have tied the knot often stay away or spend less time in situations that can lead to a crime. In addition, they avoid friends and people who could influence them to commit crimes.
With these findings, the researchers pointed out that maturity is another contributing factor to people's change in behavior. As individuals mature, they often want to do the right things. And when they get married, they have greater self control compared to when they're not.
The reason why people, particularly those who had criminal records in the past, tend to stay away from trouble when they're older and married is due to the fact that they are already aware of the new standards of behavior. As such, they make it a point to adhere to those standards as much as possible.
Married couples normally share their views and emotions with each other. This then leads them to personally assess their behavior and where they failed, they eventually try to make up for it. And so they no longer become impulsive but rather are better able to control their emotions and actions and do their best to do only what is right in the eyes of their partner and other people.
Marriage indeed can make people improve themselves moving forward. And this is especially true if the marital foundation is strong and couples are satisfied with their relationship. When the husband and wife involved have better self-control, they influence each other and their children as well.
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