“…However, if conflicts are dealt in a hostile or competitive way, when spouses cannot compromise, and don't allow themselves to try to understand their partner and comply with some of the partner's requests, conflicts can be destructive, causing resentment, hostility, separation or divorce (Gottman, Coan, Carrere & Swanson, 1998). The implications of such conflicts are hard and have an impact on broader circles besides the spouses themselves, such as on children, relatives and the society at large (Igbo, Grace, & Christiana, 2015).…”