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Couples
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Half of Relationships Suffer After First Child A study of Australian couples shows that nearly half of couples report a "significant decline" in their relationship after they have children. However, intervention programs that address expectations about being parents and teach communication and conflict ... Continue reading Half of Relationships Suffer After First Child
How Partner Reacts to Your Good News Is Vital Although people may fret over how their partner responds to bad news, a new study shows that how couples react to each other's good news is in fact a better indicator of relationship health. Researchers questions 79 couples about how their partners reacted... Continue reading How Partner Reacts to Your Good News Is Vital
Holding Hands Eases Stress A University of Virginia study of 16 married women who scored high on a marriage-satisfaction inventory showed that simply holding their husband's hand eased both physical sign of stress and their brains' responses to pain. Researchers took magnetic resona... Continue reading Holding Hands Eases Stress
New Insight On Why Cohabiting Before Marriage May Increase Risk of Divorce New study shows that "testing" the relationship by living together may point to problems. Continue reading New Insight On Why Cohabiting Before Marriage May Increase Risk of Divorce
Science Shows Couples Really Do Start To Look Alike Do couples really start to look alike the longer they are together? Scientists say yes. A 2006 study found that the longer a couple had been together, the more likely it was that others perceived similarities in appearance and personality. Now new research by University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc confirms these surprising findings. Continue reading Science Shows Couples Really Do Start To Look Alike |
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