Couples - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/couples/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:34:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Couples - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/couples/ 32 32 A Game to Measure Couples’ Trust https://allpsych.com/a-game-to-measure-couples-trust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-game-to-measure-couples-trust Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:02:03 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2514 Can you measure trust in romantic relationships? A team of researchers in Germany thinks so, and they’ve put forward an activity called the Trust Game for Couples that’s intended to do exactly that. Actually, with a name like that, you could argue that even being willing to play the game in the first place is…

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]]> Online Interventions Can Smooth Divorce https://allpsych.com/online-interventions-can-smooth-divorce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-interventions-can-smooth-divorce Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:00:31 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2458 Marriages can go south for a variety of reasons, but whatever the cause, the effect can include damage to one’s mental health. Regular readers of the AllPsych blog might recall a study that came out last year looking at the most common reasons for divorce among couples in Denmark. Now, the team of researchers who…

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]]> Short Interval Between Children Ups Risk of Divorce https://allpsych.com/short-interval-between-children-ups-risk-of-divorce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-interval-between-children-ups-risk-of-divorce Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:46:07 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2431 We all like a fairytale love story, but psychologists are just as interested in stories about marriages that fall apart. That much is clear from a study I wrote about last year, in which researchers surveyed a couple thousand residents of Denmark about their reasons for divorce. Participants found a whole range of shortcomings in…

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]]> What It Means to Feed Someone on a First Date https://allpsych.com/what-it-means-to-feed-someone-on-a-first-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-it-means-to-feed-someone-on-a-first-date Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:04:20 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2127 For those who find first dates confusing, not to worry. We have science to help us figure out what’s going on! What does it mean, for example, when you’re on a dinner date and the other person starts feeding you? Hint: either they think you’ve done an unacceptably bad job of feeding yourself, or they…

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