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The higher the
stress, more vulnerable the couple to psychological and emotional
problems.
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Stress, coming
from daily worries and hassles, considerably lowers the
satisfaction level of marital relationship.
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The interaction
of the couple worsens in situations of stress.
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On the verbal
level, one notices a reduction in the rate of positive remarks and
an increase in negativity.
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Negative effect
of the stress can be balanced by adequate management.
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People who try to
manage their stress by realising and becoming aware of the gravity
of the situation, while avoiding mutual recriminations avoid
negative effects.
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The subjects
which, adopted a reproachful attitude with their partner,
presented a very negative style and resulted in marital problems.
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These couples
were characterised by hostile communication, sarcastic remarks and
reproaches, and also behaved on a non-verbal level in a negative
way (gesture, mimes, etc).
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The dissatisfied
couples answered in 46 per cent of the cases the verbal signals of
the partner, the couples satisfied in 58 per cent of the cases.
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Stress influences
the interaction only when its individual management is inadequate.
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The
"satisfied" couples more often tried to manage stress
jointly.
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They offered more
assistance to each other, on the emotional level.
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These couples are
characterised by more established common management of stress, a
high rate of mutual assistance and a positive reaction to the
signals of stress of their partner.
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The probability
of receiving an emotional assistance of the partner (at the time
of a nonverbal communication of the stress) is even doubled in
happy couples
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How does one pass
from the harmony to the point of the no return?
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Among the many
obstacle of marital stress, is sex with different partners (the
personal secretary or the too copious neighbor) but it is a danger
which one does not see coming.
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Adultery is the
poison of the life of the couple, the major factor in the decline
of the marriage.
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As for the
victim-targets of Adultery stress they are between 30-40 years.
