Dec. 20, 2006 -- In a happy marriage? Holding hands with your spouse may help you reduce stressstress. That's what psychology experts from the University of Virginia found when they studied happily married couples. James Coan, PhD, and colleagues conducted the study, which included 16 happily married couples who were in their early 30s, on average. First, the husbands and wives rated the quality of their marriages on a scale of 0 to 151. Scores lower than 100 were considered to be distressed marriages. To participate in the study, both husbands and wives had to have high scores. Among couples...
