Coyne and his team videotaped the arguments that couples had at home and found that heart patients who were negative with their mates were nearly twice as likely to die within four years as were those who interacted less negatively. Dr.
Zinātnieki nonāca pie secinājuma, ka tiem pacientiem, kam bija pastāvīgas nesaskaņas ar savu laulāto partneri, varbūtība, ka viņi nomirs četru gadu laikā pēc sirds operācijas, bija gandrīz divas reizes lielāka nekā tiem, kas ar dzīvesbiedru sarunājās mierīgi un laipni.