Relationship Research
Husband Field Guide curates the research behind a strong marriage — the longitudinal studies, experiments, and meta-analyses on what helps partners connect, handle conflict, and stay satisfied — and annotates each source with what it actually found, including where the evidence is mixed or modest. It reports research and recommends nothing; the app itself is a private memory and connection tool, not counseling or therapy.
What Predicts a Lasting Marriage
What do long-term studies find predicts whether a marriage stays satisfying and stable?
Conflict and Repair
What does research find about how couples handle conflict, and what it predicts?
Responsiveness and Everyday Connection
What does research find about everyday responsiveness and connection between partners?
Gratitude and Appreciation
What does research find about gratitude and appreciation between partners?
Fairness and the Division of Labor
What does research find about the division of labor, fairness, and relationship satisfaction?
About this index
Every entry links to a primary source — a peer-reviewed study, meta-analysis, or longitudinal cohort — that we verified by reading it, and each note reports the study's real numbers and limitations. None of it is professional advice or a recommendation, and we include null, mixed, and contrarian findings on purpose. Husband Field Guide is a private memory and connection tool, not counseling or therapy; this index is an educational reading list, not a claim about what will happen in your marriage. No entries are first-party; these are all independent sources.
How it's curated
Peer-reviewed studies, meta-analyses, and official references — each verified by reading the source, never a blog summary.
Each note reports what a study found — with its real numbers and its limitations. We surface the evidence; we don't give advice.
Null, conflicting, and limiting findings are included on purpose. Cherry-picking only the favorable studies would be its own kind of claim.
5 topics · 22 sources, last verified November 2026 · reviewed quarterly.
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