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Silence is not golden when it comes to romantic relationships. Couple interaction and dialogue make up the most important pillars of a functional relationship (Gottman & Notarius, 2002), and the importance of interaction has been recognized (e.g., Ebling, & Levenson, 2003; Roberts, 2000). Yet, research of couple interaction still looks for answers to many questions, such as whether happy and unhappy couples differ in their way of interpreting each other’s messages. Indeed, misunderstandings are common in communication: people can express and interpret messages in various ways and the intended meaning may differ from the interpretation.
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Määttä, K., Uusiautti, S. (2013). Silence is not Golden. In: Määttä, K., Uusiautti, S. (eds) Many Faces of Love. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-206-8_3
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