Reasons for Relationship Breakdown (Breakdown)

1. A main reason for marriages to break down is that one/both of the partners have an ------------ ------. (12, 6)
6. IDA - The Couples Coping ----------- Training programme aims to sensitise couples to issues of equity & respect within their relationship and to improve communication and problem-solving skills. (11)
7. Some relationships can be ------ enough to survive the pressures of decreased daily contact, but for many this isn't the case and the strain gets so tough that the relationship breaks down. (6)
10. Duck suggests that people lacking social ------ may be bad at making conversation, bad at indicating their interest in others, and are likely to be unrewarding in their interactions with others. (6)

2. IDA - Who compared 50 couples who received CCET training with a control group who didn't, and found the CCET group reported much higher marital quality after training compared to the control group? (4, 2, 2)
3. Who found evidence that lack of stimulation is often quoted when breaking off a relationship? (6)
4. One study found that 70% of students sampled had experienced at least one long-distance relationship and that 90% said they'd experienced one long-distance friendship. Who found this? (8)
5. Women have more desire to stay friends after a relationship has broken up, whereas men want to 'cut their losses' and move on. Who said this? (5)
8. Lack of ----------- (e.g. boredom or the belief that a relationship isn't going anywhere). (11)
9. People expect relationships to change & ------- and when they don't this is seen as justification to end the relationship or start a new one. (7)

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