The Breakdown of Relationships

Reasons for Relationship Breakdown

• Lack of Skills
• Relationships are difficult for some because they lack the interpersonal skills to make them mutually satisfying
• Lack of social skills means others percieve them as not interested in relating so it tends to break down
• Lack of Stimulation
• A reward in relationship is stimulation - lack of this would break it down
• People expect relationships to change or develop and when they dont this is seen as sufficient justification to end the relationship or begin a new one
• Maintenance Difficulties
• Clearly difficulties when relationships become strenuous because partners cannot see each other enough.
• For some it can be good but for many it is bad.

Evaluation

• Extramarital Affairs
• Extramarital affairs are a reason for breakdown.
• Affairs might be a direct reaction to lack of skills and stimulation in current relationship
• Sexual infidelity to men but emotional for women.
• Maintenance Difficulties
• LDRR or LDF are more common than we think 
• A study found that 70% of students sampled they had experienced at least on LDRR and 90% one LDF.
• People do have to move about so strategies are understood.
• Little decrease in relationship satisfaction as…