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Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love

by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg · 1994

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This new and revised edition of Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP(r) (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) approach. Groundbreaking studies have found that couples can use the strategies of this approach to handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up.

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Based on twenty years of university research, this popular book will show you how to:

* Talk more and fight less

* Deepen and protect your friendship

* Have a more intimate, sensual relationship

* Keep the fun alive

* Clarify and act on your priorities

* Develop a vision for your future together

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adult
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medium · 374 pages

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