Relationship Therapy Help May Be More Successful For People Who Have ‘Sensitivity’ Genes
If the pandemic has put a strain on your relationship, you might be thinking about going to couples therapy or taking a relationship course to help. After all, research shows that certain relationship education courses can help participants improve their communication skills and relationship quality – which may even prevent divorce. But our research found that whether such courses work for you partly comes down to your genes.
While a large body of evidence shows that relationship courses can help couples, one aspect that hasn’t been investigated yet is whether people who are more sensitive benefit more from such programs. We know from other research that sensitivity can affect how well children respond to certain psychological programs. Here, we wanted to find out whether the same might be...