Married Couples: Neutral Third Party

Northwestern University In Illinois Dept: The task: couples to write about their latest spat from the perspective of a neutral third party who wants the best for all involved, three times a year, according to The Star. Both groups found marital satisfaction declined over the course of the first year. But after the second year, that decline was entirely eliminated for the couples who did the writing exercises, according the study to be published later this year in the journal Psychological Science and a seven-minute writing exercise can help married couples keep that loving feeling, new research shows. The study , by researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, involved 120 couples, half assigned to the writing intervention and the other not. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.