Gottman and Levenson's Four HorsemanHorsemen of the Apocalypse theory is centered around the concept that the behaviors below work in a cascade model, in which one leads to the other, creating a continued environment of negativity and hostility that creates marital dissatisfaction, leads to considerations of marital dissolution, separation, and finally dissolution.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last1=Fowler|first1=Craig|last2=Dillow|first2=Megan R.|date=2011-02-02|title=Attachment Dimensions and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|journal=Communication Research Reports|volume=28|issue=1|pages=16–26|doi=10.1080/08824096.2010.518910|s2cid=143729646|issn=0882-4096}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":12" /><ref name=":02" />
