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Informationen zum Autor John Mordecai Gottman is an American psychological researcher and clinician who did extensive work over four decades on divorce prediction and marital stability. He is known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, many of which were published in peer-reviewed literature. Gottman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman co-founded and lead a relationship company and therapist training entity called The Gottman Institute. Klappentext With a new preface by the Gottman Institute Clinical Director, Dr Don Cole, and Research Director, Dr Carrie Cole, this Classic Edition of the landmark text, What Predicts Divorce?, reveals to a new generation, the original context of Dr John Gottman's work. Zusammenfassung With a new preface by the Gottman Institute Clinical Director, Dr Don Cole, and Research Director, Dr Carrie Cole, this Classic Edition of the landmark text, What Predicts Divorce?, reveals to a new generation, the original context of Dr John Gottman’s work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface 1 Introduction 2 What Makes Some Marriages Magical and Some Miserable? Raising the Questions 3 Terman's Question: What Makes for Marital Happiness? The View From Observational Methods 4 Longitudinal Change in Marital Happiness: Observing Physiology as Well as Marital Interaction 5 Marital Processes That Predict Dissolution 6 In What Sense Are Regulated Couples Regulated? 7 Is Conflict Avoidance Dysfunctional? 8 Conflict Avoidance and the Behavior of the Listener: Toward a Typology of Marriage 9 There Are Two Types of Conflict Engagers 10 A Balance Theory of Marriage 11 There Are Two Types of Nonregulated Couples 12 Male Withdrawal From Marital Conflict 13 Replication and Extension 14 Physiology During Marital Interaction 15 Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Marital Stability 16 Eight-Year Longitudinal Follow-Up Study 17 Recommendations for a Stable Marriage 18 Epilogue. Appendix: The Observational Coding Systems....
