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The Key to Happy Relationships? It’s Not All About Communication
If couples were paying any attention during the past few decades, they should be able to recite the one critical ingredient for a healthy relationship — communication. But the latest study shows that other skills may be almost …
How Not Talking About Conflict Could Help a Marriage Last
It’s a familiar mantra that marriage counselors rely upon in advising their couples — talk about conflicts and try to resolve them, rather than letting suppressed feelings fester until they poison a relationship beyond repair. …
More Satisfaction, Less Divorce for People Who Meet Spouses Online
More than one-third of American marriages today get their start online — and those marriages are more satisfying and are less likely to end in divorce, according to a new study.
Closeness in a Relationship: Is it Overrated?
Closeness in a relationship doesn’t necessarily follow the more-is-better approach.
Why Married People Are Smug and Singles So Carefree
A study may explain why people are so convinced that their relationship status is the best
How a Squirt of Oxytocin Could Ease Marital Spats and Boost Social Sensitivity
Oxytocin focuses our eyes — and our brains — on love. It could help troubled couples as well as autistic people
Sharing a Bed Makes Couples Healthier
Better sleep leads to better health, and new studies hint that the key is bedding down at night with your partner.
A Blood Test to Predict Everlasting Love?
If you want to know if he loves you so, a new study suggests that the secret may not be in his kiss, but in his far less romantic-sounding blood levels of oxytocin.
Survey Shows Men Need to Cuddle, Women Value Sex
That old chestnut about women always wanting to cuddle? Myth, according to a Kinsey Institute study, which finds that kissing and hugging were more important to the happiness of men than of women.
Why Hanging Out with Couple-Friends Enhances Romance
Want to spice up your romantic relationship? No need to spend money on long-stem roses or expensive dinners. Instead, spend time — not just with each other but with some really good friends.
Lovers Can’t Agree on Whether They Agreed to Embrace Monogamy
It’s pretty obvious that for monogamy to work, both parties have got to be on the same page — which is why it’s useful to note that a new study found that’s not always the case. Researchers at Oregon State University …