Gottman Divorce Prediction Study

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Fight Right study. The study has ended, but if you are curious about relationship-related content or research, we have some resources that may be of interest to you!

If you’re interested in learning more about the Gottman Method, please feel free to check out our blog. It has been around for years and has a huge amount of free content for both couples and professionals, written by therapists and other professionals in the field of couples services.

You can also find us on most major social media sites, like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where our social media team shares great content and highlight core relationship-relevant skills and ideas.

And if you’re an avid reader and were hoping to get your hands on a good book, the Fight Right book will be released early 2024. The Gottmans also have several other best-selling books, including their two most recent, The Love Prescription, a very short and digestible read, and Eight Dates, a guided walkthrough of relationship wisdom from John and Julie Gottman centered around 8 themed dates that you can go on with your partner as you make your way through the book.

Sincerely,

Director Carrie Cole & The Gottman Research Team

[email protected]

What's the study about?

How accurate is the average person at predicting divorce? What factors make people more, or less, accurate? Can basic knowledge about conflict, based on real research, make people more accurate?

These are the types of questions we’re hoping to answer in this study, which will involve:

watching short videos of 10 real couples discussing an area of conflict in their relationship.
making predictions about their satisfaction, whether they went on to divorce or stay together years later, and what things you relied on to make these decisions
some participants will read the manuscript of the new book, Fight Right, before its official release, to see if the skills learned while reading the book translate to being able to accurately assess conflict in others
Get your scores back about how accurate you were in predicting the couples' futures
If you know someone else who might be interested, feel free to compare scores!
If you know someone else who might be interested, feel free to compare scores!

What's in it for me?

Receive a free copy of Fight Right and become more skilled at managing conflict in your life
Fight Right is the soon-to-be-released new book on conflict written by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the researcher-clinician team and authors of the bestselling classic Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
(half the participants will be selected to read an early digital version of the Fight Right manuscript; half will receive a hardcover copy of the book after publication in late January 2024)
If you know someone else who might be interested, feel free to compare scores!
Free access to "How to Make Your Relationship Work" Gottman Relationship Coach Product, valued at $119

Participating in this research not only gives you the chance to explore valuable insights into relationships, and very likely improve your own, it also helps us advance the field of relationship studies.

Thank you,

Dr. Carrie Cole & The Gottman Research Team

Questions? Please reach out to the Research Team at [email protected]