happiness and stability follow from aspects of the individual (e.g., personalities, goals), we often fail to recognize the role of external stressors.
Scientists define an external stressor as any threat imposed upon the relationship by events outside of the relationship.
External stressors produce conflict, anxiety, a lack of alone time for couples, less intimacy, more loneliness, and for many couples, less relationship stability.We know the pandemic has affected couples differently.
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