Why should we care about love and loving relationships?
Research has found that great friendships and love relationships result in greater health, wealth and resilience. People even recover faster from illness when they feel loved.
Myths in marriage
Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages needs no introduction. However, Chapman is not the only one who has been researching love relationships. Dr John Gottman and his wife Dr Julie Gottman, are known for their Seattle Love Lab research on over 40 000 voluntary couples. Gottman and his co-workers studied, through scientific measurement and observation methods, couples’ reaction to conflict.
The Five Love Languages
Almost 3 decades ago, Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages, took the world by storm. 13 million copies later, it is still a popular communication tool to help couples understand themselves and their partners.
Wat weet ons van die liefde?
Al het Gary Chapman se boek oor die Vyf Liefdestale ʼn groot bydrae gemaak tot ʼn beter begrip van liefdesverhoudings, het navorsing in 2017 bewys dat liefdestale-konsep net werk wanneer albei partye bereid is om aan hulle gedrag te werk.