Relationship Dissolution
- Created by: Rebecca
- Created on: 27-04-15 19:18
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- Relationship Dissolution
- Duck
- Risk Factors
- A lack of skills
- When people lack interpersonal skills it can make a relationship more likely to fail.
- Interactions are likely to be unrewarding - individuals may think they are uninterested - this can cause relationship problems
- Maintenance difficulties
- Rohlfing (1995) found that 70% of us have had a long distance relationship and 90% a long distance friendship
- Holt and Stone (1988) found little decrease in satisfaction as long as partners reunite regularly
- Issues with research - distressing topic, people may not always be truthful
- A lack of skills
- Stage model
- Stages
- Intrapsychic stage 'I would be justified in withdrawing'
- Dyadic 'I mean it'
- Social stage 'it is now inevitable'
- Evaluation
- Couples counselling
- Descriptive not explanatory
- Ignores individual differences
- Fails to consider feelings based on role in break up
- Akert (1992) found partners who didn't initiate the break up felt more loneliness, depression and anger. Those who did felt unhappy and guilty.
- Culturally biased
- Stages
- Risk Factors
- Lee
- Stage model
- Negotiating
- Exposure
- Resolution
- Dissatisfaction
- One or both recognize problems
- Termination
- (1984) Used a questionnaire on over 100 students
- Evaluation
- Exposure and negotiating stages are the most exhausting
- Not all couples go through all 5 stages
- Those whose journey from D to T was longer reported more feelings for their former partner
- Based on real life
- Culturally biased
- Lacks explanation
- Stage model
- Duck
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