The Influence of Partner’s Behavior on Health Behavior Change

Couples are highly concordant for unhealthy behaviors, and a change in one partner's health behavior is often associated with a change in the other partner's behavior. However, no studies have explicitly compared the influence of having a partner who takes up healthy behavior (eg, quits smoking) with one whose behavior is consistently healthy (eg, never smokes).To examine the influence of partner's behavior on making positive health behavior...