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Health and Relationships Project

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The Health and Relationships Project (HARP) studies how married partners influence each other’s health behaviors, mental health, and physical health over time. Beginning in 2015, we collected survey and daily diary data from hundreds of couples in same- and different-sex marriages. We followed up with our HARP couples again in 2021-2022 to see how things have changed. Thanks to our participants, we have learned so much! Currently, we’re preparing for a third wave of data collection to better understand the cumulative effects of marital dynamics on health and well-being as people age.