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John Mordecai Gottman (born April 26, 1942) is a professor emeritus in psychology known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, many of which were published in peer-reviewed literature. The lessons derived from this work represent a partial basis for the relationship counseling movement that aims to improve relationship functioning and the avoidance of those behaviors shown by Gottman and other researchers to harm human relationships.〔The Gottman Institute. (Online Abstracts of Published Research Articles ). Accessed online 14 October 2008.〕 His work has also had a major impact on the development of important concepts on social sequence analysis. Gottman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. With his wife, Julie Schwartz, Gottman heads a non-profit research institute (The Relationship Research Institute) and a for-profit therapist training entity (The Gottman Institute).〔John Gottman. (John Gottman, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist ). Accessed online 14 October 2008.〕 Gottman was recognized in 2007 as one of the 10 most influential therapists of the past quarter century. "Gottman's research showed that it wasn't only how couples fought that mattered, but how they made up. Marriages became stable over time if couples learned to reconcile successfully after a fight." == Predictions of divorce == Gottman developed multiple models, scales and formulas to predict marital stability and divorce in couples, and has completed seven studies in this field.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Gottman Relationship Institute )〕 These studies regarding newlywed couples are most well known. This work concludes that the four negative behaviors that most predict divorce are criticism of partners’ personality, contempt (from a position of superiority), defensiveness, and stonewalling, or emotional withdrawal from interaction. On the other hand, stable couples handle conflicts in gentle, positive ways, and are supportive of each other.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gottman.com/49853/Research-FAQs.html )〕 He developed the Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy based on his research findings. The therapy aims to increase respect, affection, and closeness, break through and resolve conflict, generate greater understandings, and to keep conflict discussions calm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gottman.com/54756/About-Gottman-Method-Couples-Therapy.html )〕 The Gottman Method seeks to help couples build happy and stable marriages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Gottman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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