Maybe because it is the most recent study? or maybe you should have used better keywords? There are some more credible studies in this field done over the years.
"After a variety of observable characteristics are controlled, nonvirgins still face a much higher risk of divorce than virgins." Joan R. Kahn and Kathryn A. London, “Premarital Sex and the Risk of Divorce,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53 (1991): 845-855. [1]
"For both genders, we find that virgins have dramatically more stable first marriages…" Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), p. 503. [2]
“Those who marry as non-virgins are also more likely – all other things being equal – to be unfaithful over the remainder of their life compared with those spouses who do marry as virgins.” Laumann et al., 1994, p. 505. [2]
"I find that premarital sex or premarital cohabitation that is limited to a woman's husband is not associated with an elevated risk of marital disruption. However, women who have more than one intimate premarital relationship have an increased risk of marital dissolution. These results suggest that neither premarital sex nor premarital cohabitation by itself indicate either preexisting characteristics or subsequent relationship environments that weaken marriages." Jay Teachman, “Premarital Sex, Premarital Cohabitation, and the Risk of Subsequent Marital Dissolution Among Women,” Journal of Marriage and Family 65 (2003): 444-455, p. 454. [3]
"Results indicate that wanted sexual debut in later adolescence does not directly increase the risk of marital dissolution but is linked indirectly as a result of subsequent premarital sexual outcomes. Sexual debut that is not completely wanted or that occurs before age 16 is associated with increased risk of marital dissolution. " Anthony Paik, “Adolescent Sexuality and Risk of Marital Dissolution,” Journal of Marriage and Family 73 (2011): 472-485, p. 472 [4]
You dont need to worry about correlation not necessarily meaning causation, because the studies i cited were done with a controlled experiment, as also mentioned in the quotations.
There is also this idea that divorce caused by infidelity is ultimately caused by stigma about premarital sex. They said that if pre marital sex is normalized, there would be less divorce. The funny thing is, this is blatantly counterintuitive, as a religious person would normally not have premarital sex.
"women who marry as virgins are far more likely than other women to attend church at least once a week...women who have multiple sex partners are less likely to be regular churchgoers." [5]
Premarital sex has also been observed along with infidelity.
"For people in this survey who reported four or fewer lifetime sexual partners, the rate of infidelity in the current marriage dropped to 11%, while for those who had five or more sexual partners the number was nearly double (21%). The break between the 54% of people who had five or more lifetime sexual partners vs. the 46% who had four or fewer total partners illustrates the lessons from the study. This breakpoint is validated by the fact that when asked straight out, 68% of those with more sexual partners in their pasts agreed that, “I am always faithful to my sexual partner” (whether currently married or single), compared to 82% of those with fewer sexual partners who said the same." [6]
Now look at the after effect:
"Divorce rates were significantly higher for secret infidelity couples (80%, n 4) than for revealed infidelity (43%, n 6) and noninfidelity couples (23%, n 26) " American Psychological Association (APA). [7]
So there you go another bullshit from the so-called "progressivism" from a certain group. Stop normalizing pre marital sex
"After a variety of observable characteristics are controlled, nonvirgins still face a much higher risk of divorce than virgins." Joan R. Kahn and Kathryn A. London, “Premarital Sex and the Risk of Divorce,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53 (1991): 845-855. [1]
"For both genders, we find that virgins have dramatically more stable first marriages…" Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), p. 503. [2]
“Those who marry as non-virgins are also more likely – all other things being equal – to be unfaithful over the remainder of their life compared with those spouses who do marry as virgins.” Laumann et al., 1994, p. 505. [2]
"I find that premarital sex or premarital cohabitation that is limited to a woman's husband is not associated with an elevated risk of marital disruption. However, women who have more than one intimate premarital relationship have an increased risk of marital dissolution. These results suggest that neither premarital sex nor premarital cohabitation by itself indicate either preexisting characteristics or subsequent relationship environments that weaken marriages." Jay Teachman, “Premarital Sex, Premarital Cohabitation, and the Risk of Subsequent Marital Dissolution Among Women,” Journal of Marriage and Family 65 (2003): 444-455, p. 454. [3]
"Results indicate that wanted sexual debut in later adolescence does not directly increase the risk of marital dissolution but is linked indirectly as a result of subsequent premarital sexual outcomes. Sexual debut that is not completely wanted or that occurs before age 16 is associated with increased risk of marital dissolution. " Anthony Paik, “Adolescent Sexuality and Risk of Marital Dissolution,” Journal of Marriage and Family 73 (2011): 472-485, p. 472 [4]
You dont need to worry about correlation not necessarily meaning causation, because the studies i cited were done with a controlled experiment, as also mentioned in the quotations.
There is also this idea that divorce caused by infidelity is ultimately caused by stigma about premarital sex. They said that if pre marital sex is normalized, there would be less divorce. The funny thing is, this is blatantly counterintuitive, as a religious person would normally not have premarital sex.
"women who marry as virgins are far more likely than other women to attend church at least once a week...women who have multiple sex partners are less likely to be regular churchgoers." [5]
Premarital sex has also been observed along with infidelity.
"For people in this survey who reported four or fewer lifetime sexual partners, the rate of infidelity in the current marriage dropped to 11%, while for those who had five or more sexual partners the number was nearly double (21%). The break between the 54% of people who had five or more lifetime sexual partners vs. the 46% who had four or fewer total partners illustrates the lessons from the study. This breakpoint is validated by the fact that when asked straight out, 68% of those with more sexual partners in their pasts agreed that, “I am always faithful to my sexual partner” (whether currently married or single), compared to 82% of those with fewer sexual partners who said the same." [6]
Now look at the after effect:
"Divorce rates were significantly higher for secret infidelity couples (80%, n 4) than for revealed infidelity (43%, n 6) and noninfidelity couples (23%, n 26) " American Psychological Association (APA). [7]
So there you go another bullshit from the so-called "progressivism" from a certain group. Stop normalizing pre marital sex
