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Dr John Gottman is a US marriage and family counsellor and relationship expert
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A leading psychologist known for his expertise in romantic relationships has revealed a major sign that a marriage is facing … failure.
US-based Dr John Gottman is a marriage and family counsellor and founder of the Gottman Institute, who once conducted one of the largest long-term studies on relationships ever undertaken.
As a result of his extensive research, Dr Gottman has identified factors which suggest a relationship is doomed for failure.
In a recent video on YouTube, he responded to a question, identifying one of the … replied.
Dr Gottman, who has written a number of books on marriage, also calls this idea of the 5:1 ratio the ‘balance theory’ of relationships.
‘As long as there are five times as many positive interactions between partners as there are negative, the relationship is likely to be stable,’ the Gottman Institute blog explains.
Positive interactions can be as small as smiling and laughing together, asking questions or saying I love you.
Meanwhile, negative interactions are deemed as things like arguing or criticism.
This means, he says, that if you do something that hurts your partner, you have to make …