According to a recent study, women who win the Academy Award for Best Actress have a more than 60 percent chance of their marriages ending sooner than women who are nominated for the award but do not win. If you have tuned in to the Oscars in the past 10 years, you have seen this exemplified by the Best Actress wins of Sandra Bullock, Kate Winslet and Hilary Swank, and their divorce filings just a few months later.

But additional research indicates that it is not just celebrities who are prone to the so-called "Oscar Love Curse." In fact, it may even affect you. Researchers believe that a wife's success, whether it be winning an Academy Award or simply earning more money than her husband, can lead to an upset in a marriage's traditional gender roles. This, in turn, can lead to resentment, unhappiness, infidelity and divorce.

The Oscar study examined more than 750 Best Actor and Best Actress nominees. Researchers found that Best Actress winners have a 63 percent chance of their marriages ending earlier than the marriages of other nominees. In comparison, men who win Best Actor do not have any statistical increase in the risk of divorce following their victory.

In a second study, researchers set out to determine the extent to which disparities in income affected fidelity. They found that men who made less than their spouses or girlfriends were more likely to be unfaithful. This was largely because men were unhappy and bitter about their financial status and their perceived failure to be the family's breadwinner.

What do our Columbus readers think? Has the Oscar Love Curse affected you or someone you know?

Source: Forbes, "Why Do Successful Women Fall Victim to the Oscar Love Curse?" Jeff Landers, Feb. 1, 2012