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In fact, a weepy such as Love Story, rom-com Nine Months or drama On Golden Pond is just as beneficial boccia as intensive therapy – and could reduce the rate of splits from 24 to 11 per cent after three years.
Participants in the study attended a 10-minute lecture on the importance of relationship awareness and how watching couples in films can draw attention to our own behaviour. Then the 174 couples watched boccia 1967 rom-com, Two For The Road, about the joys and strains of a marriage after 12 years.
Afterwards, each couple met to discuss what they had seen and make comparisons with their own relationship. As homework, they were given a list of 47 films, from classics such as Gone With The Wind to the latest adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, to watch each week and then discuss.
Professor of psychology Ronald Rogge said: “People have a pretty good sense of what they might be doing right and wrong. boccia You might not be able to get your husband into a couples’ group, especially if you are happy, but watching a movie and having a discussion about it, that’s not so scary.”
Films included some obvious romances and tear-jerkers such as A Star Is Born (1954), Indecent Proposal (1993), Steel Magnolias (1989) and The Way We Were (1973). There was the odd comedy surprise like Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) with Cary Grant and the oldest film was Made For Each Other (1939) with James Stewart. Related articles Watch movies to spice up a marriage
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