Breakdown Of Relationships Flashcards
What’s Ducks first reason for the BOR?
Lack of skills
Outline lack of skills
People lack the skills needed to maintain it: not mutually satisfying
Support for lack of skills comes from
Boekhout
Outline Boekhout’s study into lack of skills
Undergraduates
Rated sexual and emotional reasons as causes of a breakup
Men chose sexual boredom
Women chose lack of interest
What does Boekhout’s study show?
How lack of skills can lead to extramarital affairs
What’s a limitation of Boukhout’s study?
Lack population validity
Not shown to be the main reason for men
What’s Duck’s second reason?
Lack of stimulation
Outline lack of stimulation
SLT say we seek stimulation from a relationship
If we don’t receive this we’ll feel undervalued
Outline an IDA for lack of stimulation
Couples coping enhancement treatment
Cina et al compared 50 couples who received it to a control group
CCET group reported higher marital quality
What’s Duck’s 3rd reason?
Maintenance difficulties
Outline maintenance difficulties
Don’t see each other enough so they don’t get the stimulation they need
Outline Holt and Stone’s research into maintenance difficulties
Conducted a survey on students and found 70% had experienced a long distance relationship
There was little decrease in relationship satisfaction if they reunite regularly
Why was Ducks model criticised?
Didn’t look at the BOR as a process and lacked real life support
What are the 6 processes in Duck and Rollie’s model
Breakdown Intrapsychic process Dyadic process Social process Grave dressing process Resurrection process
DAR
breakdown
Partner feels dissatisfied with the relationship
Inequitable relationships are more likely to breakdown
