COLUMBUS, Ohio – A tendency for one or both spouses to avoid or withdraw from tough conversations could set up married couples for emotional distress, bad feelings about their relationship, chronic ...

How we communicate with others is integral to how satisfying and successful relationships with those others are. People in long-term romantic relationships know this to be the case, but research has ...

Unresolved issues with our romantic partners don’t make us feel good. Not being able to adequately process and heal from interpersonal wrongs through effective communication can foster defensiveness, ...