Outline and Evaluate research into the breakdown of romantic
relationships (24 marks)
Rollie and Duck's model of breakdown attempts to explain the process in 6 steps. It
begins with dissatisfaction with how a relationship is conducted, which leads to an
intrapsychic process that's characterised by brooding on the partners faults…

validity of some of the findings of such research. Relationship research is also
notoriously socially sensitive-delving into people's personal relationships and
reasons for breakdowns may cause some psychological harm.

In another theory Duck proposed 3 reasons as to why relationships breakdown. One
of these is a lack of skills. A…

more complex reasons such as due to cultural, social, and/or economic factors. A
social factor may be that one of the partners is undergoing domestic violence. In real
life, we also use our free will on a daily basis and thus may not follow the set
guidelines of both these…