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John Gottman

Nato: April 26, 1942 – Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

John Gottman is an American psychologist and relationship researcher known for decades of work on marriage, divorce prediction, and emotional communication. He co-founded The Gottman Institute and coauthored The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. His longitudinal studies and concepts such as the “Four Horsemen” have strongly influenced couples therapy worldwide.

Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore

John Gottman built his career from an unusual foundation: mathematics first, relationship science second. Raised in Brooklyn, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics at Fairleigh Dickinson University, a master’s in mathematics at MIT in 1964, and then turned toward clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin, where he completed further graduate study and his doctorate. That shift from equations to human behavior became the defining turn of his life. Beginning in the 1970s he systematically observed couples in the lab, and in 1986, at the University of Washington, he helped create the apartment laboratory later known as the Love Lab. There he and his collaborators tracked conversation, emotion, and physiology, establishing the research program that made him a leading psychologist of marriage, divorce prediction, and long-term relational stability. ((https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/content/uploads/2016/05/Summer-2016.pdf))

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The first step toward improving or enhancing your marriage is to understand what happens when relationships fail
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By having high (but still realistic) standards, you are far more likely to achieve the kind of relationship you want
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If we believe we have information that is helpful to others, which we do, then it is our obligation to use this knowledge for good
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The most successful couples are kind to each other
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Conflict is inevitable in all relationships
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My research has identified choice points when love may either progress to a deeper place, or deteriorate
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In short, they turn toward one another with love and affection to connect emotionally and physically
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Emotions are our internal “GPS” through life
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