Round 6: Tossup 5

Description acceptable. Therapies for people with this status were popularized in the US by the eugenicist Paul Popenoe and now include IBCT and EFT-C. This status was the [emphasize] original focus of Arthur and Elaine Aron’s self-expansion theory. John and Julie Gottman predict challenges for people with this status if issues dubbed “The Four Horsemen” appear. (10[1])Cindy Hazan and Philip Shaver compared “mental models” of this status in a study that extended John Bowlby’s theories to adults (-5[1])with (-5[1])this status. (10[1])Maintaining this status “in Captivity” is the subject of popular press books by Esther Perel (10[1])(“peh-RELL”). A form of this status is less (-5[1])common west of the Hajnal (“HIGH-nall”) Line. (10[1])To (10[1])aid people with this status, the unqualified pastor Gary Chapman popularized a set of five “languages” like “acts (10[1])of service.” (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])people with what status may seek therapy (10[2]-5[1])to discuss issues like (10[1])infidelity? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: being in a romantic relationship [or dating or word forms; accept any answer that describes being in a couple, being married, or having or being a significant other; accept couples therapy or marriage counseling; accept Mating in Captivity or word forms; prompt on courting or word forms; prompt on love; prompt on families or family therapy; prompt on being sexually active or equivalents]
<Editors, Social Science> | F. Prelims 6 - British Columbia + Texas + North Carolina
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