‘Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships’, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uow-ipw022715.php, EurekAlert! - AAAS, University of Waterloo (27-FEB-2015).
Self-protective
If your significant other is not engaging in open and honest conversation about the relationship it may not be that they don't care, but rather that they feel insecure and are afraid of being hurt.
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We've found that people with a more negative self-concept often have doubts and anxieties about the extent to which other people care about them. (…) This can drive low self-esteem people toward defensive, self-protective behaviour, such as avoiding confrontation.
Zoekwoorden
Relatie, relaties, relatiebegeleiding, relatiecoaching, relatietherapie
Link
‘Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships’, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uow-ipw022715.php, EurekAlert! - AAAS, University of Waterloo (27-FEB-2015).
