Andrea Meltzer, SMU, marital satisfaction

Gut reaction of marital partners could foretell their marriage satisfaction

Unconscious gut reactions may predict happy, and not-so-happy, marriages, a new study published in the scholarly journal Science suggests.

Results of research published Nov. 29 found that spouses’ implicit attitudes toward their partners predicted changes in their marital satisfaction over four years.

Andrea L. Meltzer, SMU Department of Psychology, is a co-author on the study. Continue reading →

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