Discuss Two Theories of the Breakdown of Relationships

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Duck’s 1982 phase model gives four stages in the breakdown of a relationship. The Intrapsychic phase in which one or both of the partners begin to consider the problems that exist. The Dyadic phase is when the troubled partner confronts their partner and tries to correct these problems. The Social stage is where the decision is made by one or both partners to leave the relationship; often discussion with peers is undertaken where partners will each have their own version of key events and will gain advice from others. Or a partner keeps it personal and confronts their lover. The final stage is the Grave Dressing phase, each partner goes through self-justification. Duck claims that there are factors that contribute to the breakdown of relationships; lack of skills, lack of stimulation and finally a lack of maintenance. However research has shown that LDRR and LDF are more common than we think, 70% of students samples had experienced at least a LDRR and 90% a LDF. Research found that there was little decease in satisfaction is lovers reunited regularly. This model is gives some insight into possible effective techniques to enable one to be able to repair the relationship as issues within the relationship becomes apparent to at least one person during the intrapsychic and the dyadic phase allows the couple to work through their problems and possibly fix or improve these in order to allow the relationship to be saved through discussion with or without the aid of an experienced marriage counselor. This is supported by Duck’s study where he found that a lack of skills such as social skills can lead to dissatisfaction within the relationship as it leads to poor conversation, and this could be corrected during the dyadic phase of the model by improving communication Brehm and Kassin claimed that women are more likely to stress unhappiness and incompatibility as reasons

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