Family Forum / Marriage / Marriage / December 2005

The Wounds of Marriage | www.webpundit.net

A new report in the December issue of the Archives of General
Psychiatry recalls the results of an interesting study done regarding
hostile interactions between partners in a marriage. The study says
that if either of the two partners has a wound of some sort that
healing will be delayed.

The research involved 42 healthy married couples ages 22-77. The
participants in the study were admitted to a hospital for two 24 hour
stays. On the first day, a nurse obtained blood. Then, the nurse
attached a vacuum pump to each subject's arm, creating a blister. The
next action was that both partners were told to tell the other one
thing that they wanted to change about themselves. The other partner
would consider the statement and offer their support. On the second day
of the study, the participants were asked to try to discuss and
compromise on two difficulties in their marriage.

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