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"But first, let&amp;#39;s define what a young bride is.\nPinterestFacebookA Bride Wearing A Strapless Dress, Long White Gloves And A Veil\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesNearly ten percent of women in the U.S. got married before age 18, and a recent study found that these brides are at a higher risk for mental problems than their 18-and-over counterparts.\nWhat counts as a mental-health issue? Major depressive disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and nicotine dependence (not sure if being a smoker is a mental problem, but these researchers think so), among others.\nAfter the fairly sizable study of nearly 19,000 women, it turned out that 53 percent of the under-18 brides had at least one disorder, whereas only 49 percent of those who got married at an older age were affected by one of the conditions. So you&amp;#39;re slightly more likely to have a mental problem if you marry that young, but the researchers think that difference is statistically significant.\nWhat they don&amp;#39;t know is if marrying young is the reason women are more likely to have a disorder or if there&amp;#39;s something else at play. For instance, many of the teen brides were also teen moms. (And in case you haven&amp;#39;t gleaned this from watching MTV, being a young mother is tough stuff.) Also, those who married that young were generally more likely to get divorced, and I&amp;#39;d guess that ending your marriage could lead to mental-health issues. And maybe you&amp;#39;re more likely to agree to marry young if you&amp;#39;re predisposed to one of those psychological disorders.\nYou can read more about the study at Everyday Health.\nI probably wouldn&amp;#39;t have gotten married at 17 even if Paul asked, but we were already dating for four years (FOUR YEARS!) at that point, so it wouldn&amp;#39;t have been all that crazy for us to get hitched. Though I&amp;#39;d like to think that we and our relationship have matured since then, I have full faith that we could&amp;#39;ve made our teen marriage work\u2026and that neither of us would pick up smoking or become antisocial. But I suppose I don&amp;#39;t know for sure!\nWhat do you think about under-18 brides? Would you agree that they are slightly more likely to experience psychological disorders? Do you think it&amp;#39;s marrying young that causes the problems or other factors?\nMore Marriage Studies__\nHolding Off on Sex Could Lead to a Better Marriage\nTaking Your Husband&amp;#39;s Name Is an I Don&amp;#39;t\nMore Women Feel Sad After Getting Engaged. Huh?\n__More Ways to Get Glamour\nChat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#39;s schedule.\nVisit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nDownload Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;#39;s now part of your subscription plan!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter.\nPhoto: Design Pics/Pete Stec"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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