Taking the "stress index" commonly used in psychology, Chen says that among the top 20 sources of stress, 13 are related to married life. Of these, the top three are the death of a partner, divorce, and separation. Arguments between husband and wife, on the other hand, rank only 19th.
陳艾妮以心理學常用的「壓力指數表」為例，在前二十項「生活壓力源」中，高達八項和婚姻有關，其中夫妻的「死別」、「仳離」和「分居」高居前三名，而夫妻吵架只位居第十九名。