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Early Attachment May Affect Our Ability to Resolve Conflict in Relationships
Scientific American: Many relationship experts say it’s not the fights that matter so much as the making up post-fight. Well a long-term study found that attachment to our caregivers during infancy can predict an ability
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Can’t let an argument go? Blame your parents, not your partner
The Daily Mail: If a lovers’ tiff leaves your blood boiling for hours afterwards, don’t blame your partner. Blame your parents. The better relationship you had with your mother and father as a child, the
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Your mother may be to blame for your relationship woes
The Los Angeles Times: The strength of the bond you formed with Mom during the first two years of life strongly affects how efficiently you and your partner will move beyond a fight and join forces
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How Couples Recover After an Argument Stems From Their Infant Relationships
When studying relationships, psychological scientists have often focused on how couples fight. But how they recover from a fight is important, too. According to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the
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Will Your Love Last? Your Brain Might Hold the Answer
ABC News: Sometime tonight between the roses, the Champagne and the chocolates, couples across the U.S. and elsewhere will sit down to an intimate Valentine’s dinner, stare soulfully into each other’s eyes and perhaps take
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Playing Hard to Get May Get the Girl, Study Finds
MSN: With Valentine’s Day here, men who are looking to make a love connection on Internet dating sites should initially keep women guessing about just how interested they are, a new study suggests. Researchers at
