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11-14-2014, 10:10 AM
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As the article mentions John Gottman has been the leading researcher on couple dynamics for many, many years. He is reputed to upon observing couples interact for 20 seconds or twenty minutes (I forget which) be able to predict whether they will stay together with something like 94% accuracy. Here is a link to a review of a book he coauthored. 7 Research-Based Principles for Making Marriage Work | World of Psychology
According to Gottman the four horsemen of the marriage apocalypse are criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling.
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