Vivek Shukla, News 24
New Delhi: "Young man failed in love commit suicide". Well, this is the headline of a small news item that has published in one of the leading newspapers of the capital.
As heading of the story suggests, the poor chap commit suicide after his lady love ditched him. The recent study also says that stronger and braver looking men suffer the most when a relationship is rocky.
Researchers at the Wake Forest University in the US found that the pangs of broken-heart have a greater effect on the mental health of young men than the fair sex -- contradicting the stereotypical image of stoic men who are unaffected by what happens in their relationships.
While women are more likely to display their depression to friends, men are more likely to store up their feelings - with negative health effects including making them more likely to drink alcohol, the researchers found.
Prof Robin Simon, who led the study, admitted she was shocked that the results overturned the widespread assumption that women are more vulnerable to the emotional rollercoaster of relationships.
Surprisingly, we found young men are more reactive to the quality of ongoing relationships," she was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail .
That means men`s mental health is more affected by the harmful stress of a rocky relationship, she said.
The study, based on a survey of 1,000 unmarried 18- to 23-year-olds in Florida, also found that men get greater motional benefits from the positive aspects of an ongoing romance.
The findings could be down to the fact that young men often have few people in whom they confide -- apart from their romantic partner.
Whereas women are more likely to have close relationships with family and friends, she said.
Strain in a relationship could also be linked to poor emotional well-being because it threatens young men`s sense of identity and feelings of self-worth.