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Instead, arguing about money is a "top predictor" of divorce.
Any more than four was a high predictor of divorce, Gottman said.
A study by Kansas State University researcher Sonya Britt said arguing about money is the top predictor of divorce.
Contempt is the worst of the four horsemen -- and the number one predictor of divorce, according to Gottman.
In the same report, Jeffrey Dew, faculty fellow at the National Marriage Project and assistant professor of Family, Consumer, and Human Development at Utah State University, writes that his new research shows disagreements about money to be the most accurate predictor of divorce, and when a spouse doesn't believe his or her partner handles money well, reporting marital unhappiness is more likely.
You've probably heard of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" -- these are the four types of behavior that, when they occur on a regular basis in a relationship, are a good predictor of divorce, according to psychology professor and bestselling author John Gottman, Ph.D.
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To isolate the predictors of divorce, they "controlled for income, debt and net worth".
Not to mention research from the National Marriage Project about the most likely predictors of divorce -- many of which center around money.
"You don't say to a couple, 'Too bad, you've got all the predictors of divorce,'" he says.
It may surprise you that, based on his research, Gottman dismisses communication problems, gender differences and infidelity as the biggest predictors of divorce.
Predictors of divorce among parents of kids with ADHD, however, showed the divorce rate was nearly twice that of the general population before the child's age of eight.
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