Research shows that the most likely mobile phone behavior to ruin a marriage is

A couples therapist is suggesting that your partner’s phone activity could be a sign that you need to call time on the relationship.

Jonathan Van Viegen is an online family therapist and social media influencer who claims he can help people transform their relationships from “conflict to connection” if they use his techniques and programs.

In a recent Instagram video, the married father of two revealed the nine phone behaviors most likely to ruin a marriage.

The biggest red flag, Van Wegen says, is to not share passwords with your partner.

The next “frustrating” behaviour he warned against included partners “hiding their phones” and “keeping [their] The phone is face down.”

Other habits on the list include: their partner turning their body or phone away from you when using their phone, closing apps or locking their device when you get close, they recently changed their password, they are unresponsive to you touching their phone, they get angry or defensive when asked why privacy is important, and if they always protect their device.

The relationship therapist, who has more than 162,000 followers on Instagram, claimed his wife agreed that the nine behaviors were toxic and they would “never” allow them to happen in their marriage.

“Not that you should follow our lead — so you should. But rest assured, there is at least one couple in the world who isn’t enduring these frustrating red flags,” Van Wegen wrote.

His post received mixed responses in the comments section.

“These are healthy relationship behaviors. Those who see this as controlling probably don’t have healthy boundaries/relationships,” one person wrote.

Others said some of the things he listed invaded their partners’ privacy and were unnecessary.

One user suggested: “Why don’t we standardize a secure attachment style that focuses on trust and allows for privacy but not secrecy?”

“I have a phone addiction and placing my phone face down has significantly reduced my use of it. It’s a behavior change,” another person retorted in the comments section.

Van Viegen’s page focuses on helping couples rebuild relationships, and if phone problems have led to a serious lack of trust in a partnership, he encourages users in another video to “approach trust issues with optimism and pragmatism.”