Outline and evaluate one theory into the breakdown of romantic relationships
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- Outline + Evaluate one theory into breakdown of romantic relationships
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- Tashiro + Frazier surveyed students whose relationships recently broken down
- Reported to experience emotional distress + personal growth
- The relationships have given them clear idea about future relationships
- Provides evidence for the grave dressing + resurrection processes
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- Ignores gender differences
- Women more likely to stress unhappiness + incompatibility. Men = sexual withholding.
- Women = more desire to remain friends. Men = cut ties completely.
- Ignores gender differences
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- After leaving relationship: grave dressing begins
- Partners try construct representation of relationship that doesn't make them look bad.
- Often involves emotional distress.
- In final resurrection process each partner prepares for new relationship by learning from mistakes of previous one.
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- Model seen as culturally biased.
- Rooted in western culture
- Collectivist, non-western cultures have arranged marriages = generally regarded as permanent
- Marital crisis concern of entire family not just couple
- May not apply to western culture
- Model seen as culturally biased.
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- However, research into sensitive area = ethical issues
- Research cause participants to revisit the issues that led to breakdown
- Lead to emotional distress, especially if relationship is abusive
- Issues of privacy + confidentiality are important due to personal nature of subject matter
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- Criticism = model largely descriptive.
- Describes stage instead of why stage is happening
- Argyle + Henderson found: most common reason for breakdown = jealousy, selfishness + public criticism.
- Criticism = model largely descriptive.
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- Next stage: dyadic stage.
- People confront partner about feelings
- Relationship may be solved due to reassessment goals, possibilities or commitment
- or it will break down
- If breakdown occurs: social pressures will take place
- Friends + family offer advice + support
- Relationship likely to end.
- Friends + family offer advice + support
- Next stage: dyadic stage.
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- Rollie + Duck attempt to describe breakdown in 6 steps.
- Breakdown begins w/ dissatisfaction with how relationship conducted
- Leads to intrapsychic process: characterised by brooding on faults of partner + costs of relationship
- However, dissatisfaction not expressed BUT signs e.g. social withdrawal are evident.
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