The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Four Destructive Behaviours That Can Lead to Divorce, With Zach Brittle Almost all relationships display some of these at different times. Summary A huge body of research conducted by Dr John Gottman discovered that there were four main predictors of divorce, which he labeled “The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse” After studying hundreds of couples in real-life situations over many years, Gottman observed four common behaviours that were an accurate predictor of whether the marriage would end in divorce.