In 2022, around ** percent of men and ** percent of women in the United States have stated that they have broken up a relationship. In comparison around ** percent of men and ** percent of women claimed that a former partner has broken up with them.

In 2022, around ** percent of respondents in the United States have been broken up with in person, compared to ** percent by a phone call and ** percent by text.

The occurrence of a stressful event is considered to increase the risk of developing depression. In the present study we explore whether the breakup of a romantic relationship can be used as an experimental model to study a depression-like state during a period of stress in individuals without a psychiatric disorder. The primary aim of our study was to investigate: 1) whether individuals with a recent romantic relationship breakup (‘‘heartbreak”) demonstrate symptoms of depression, 2) how to describe heartbreak characteristics based on data from a comprehensive questionnaire battery, and 3) whether this description can capture severity of depression symptoms. Secondary, we were interested in gender differences with regard to the above study objectives. Subjects who have experienced a relationship breakup in the preceding six months (N = 71) or are in a romantic relationship (N = 46) participated in our study. A questionnaire battery was administered to acquire information related to depression, mood, the breakup and (former) relationship. Principal Component Analysis with Procrustes bootstrapping was performed to extract components from the questionnaire data. Even though our sample of individuals who recently have experienced a relationship breakup can be on average considered non-depressed, group-level depression scores were elevated compared to individuals in a relationship (p = .001) and 26.8% reported symptoms corresponding to mild, moderate or severe depression. We described heartbreak by two principal components interpreted as ‘‘sudden loss” and ‘‘lack of positive affect”, respectively. Highly significant correlations between the component scores and depression scores were found (p < .001 and p < .001, respectively), although these correlations differed between the genders. Based on these findings, we propose that the experience of a romantic relationship breakup is a viable experimental model to examine symptoms of depression in individuals without a psychiatric disorder. This way, stress-related coping and depression vulnerability can be studied in further research.

In 2022, around ** percent of respondents in the United States have stated that their breakups tended to be messy and dramatic. In comparison, around ** percent of respondents claimed that their breakups tended to be casual and civil.

This statistic shows the share of Americans who would leave their partner if they wanted an open relationship. During the survey, conducted in March 2016, 46 percent of the men interviewed stated they would leave their romantic partner if they were to deal with such a request. 67 percent of the female respondents stated the same.

This dataset contains interviews of seven Finnish LGBT mothers who discussed their experiences of ending a relationship. The themes of the interviews concern changes brought on by the breakup in their children's life situation and their own parenthood. The interviewees discussed, among other things, what everyday life was like in the relationship, how the breakup happened and how it affected their life. In terms of the children, the interviewees discussed their custody arrangements and expressed their views on how the children experienced the breakup. Some interviewees also expressed their opinions on the Maternity Act, which was passed by Parliament in 2018. Background information included date of the interview and the interviewee's gender and region of residence (NUTS3). The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

In 2018, about ** percent of men in Germany wanted their partner to be their soulmate, compared to ** percent of women. **** percent of men wanted to get into a new relationship quickly after a break-up, compared to **** percent of women.

Smiths Group is considering moving its listing to the US as part of a strategic break-up plan after pressure from activist hedge fund Engine Capital.