05/13/2025
🚩 Dating Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore 🚩
Think they’re perfect now? These 8 research-backed warning signs could spell trouble later in a marriage or a long-term relationship. From emotional unavailability to boundary violations, these are the signs therapists and science say to look out for.
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Citations:
1. GOTTMAN, J.M. and LEVENSON, R.W. (1999), How Stable Is Marital Interaction Over Time?. Family Process, 38: 159-165.
2. This is for the second one Collins, N. L., & Ford, M. B. (2010). Responding to the needs of others: The caregiving behavioral system in intimate relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27(2), 235–244.
3. Surra, C. A., & Hughes, D. K. (1997). Commitment processes in accounts of the development of premarital relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(1), 5–21.