Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Will Your Marriage Last?

We've quoted this statistic before (click here), but it's worth repeating. Dr. John Gottman, University of Washington emeritus psychology professor says that 69 percent of couples are not compatible. That's astounding. Perhaps a credit to the institution of marriage is that divorce rates aren't that high, which means there are many, many couples out there who are making it work.

With that said, Dr. Gottman has developed a calculus equation that is able to tell within a 94 percent accuracy if a relationship will survive. Again, this isn't a new study, but it's worth putting out there. Furthermore, the equation will also calculate when the relationship will fail if it's heading that way. Dr. Gottman monitored 700 couples for 14 years and was able to run his calculation after watching only a 15-minute video tape of the couple's interactions. What was important was not what was said, but how it was said. This article (click here) breaks down how the study is scored goes into greater detail.

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