Relationships & Family
Gottmans Predict Divorce with 94% Accuracy from Single Lab Observation
The Mel Robbins Podcast
The #1 Relationship Researchers in the World: 50 Years of Marriage & Love Advice in One Conversation
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"We can predict the future of the relationship 6 years later from the way they interacted in that apartment lab. So the prediction is really 94% accurate at predicting the future."
Dr. John Gottman revealed that after observing 130 newlywed couples for 24 hours in their famous love lab while measuring heart rate and stress hormones, researchers could predict with 94% accuracy whether couples would divorce or stay together 6 years later. This groundbreaking longitudinal research has become foundational in relationship science.
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- Programme
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Episode
- The #1 Relationship Researchers in the World: 50 Years of Marriage & Love Advice in One Conversation
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- 10:48
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