ch 13-loss of relationships

Question 0

Levinger’s 3 barriers: factors that influence breakups

Answer 0

Attraction: enhanced by rewards, diminished by costs (relationships = lots of costs)
Alternatives: another partner, being single, career opportunity
Barriers: social, legal blocks

Question 1

Why has there been an increase in divorce rates? (6 reasons)

Answer 1

• increased expectations on marriage
• women in the workforce
• individualistic culture
• greater mobility
• issue of no fault divorce
• cohabitation

Question 2

Enduring Vulnerabilities (check it) brought into a relationships…

Answer 2

family problems, poor education,poor social skills.
influences adaptive processes, how we respond to stressors

=BASICALLY IT’s BAGGAGE

Question 3

PAIR PROJECT: enduring dynamics model

Answer 3

spouses bring problems, (enduring vulnerabilities) come up in courtship- therefore these failed relationships are ‘doomed’ from the beginning

Question 4

PAIR PROJECT: emergent distress model

Answer 4

no signs at beginning of relationship, difficulties and problems came up later

Question 5

PAIR PROJECT: disillusionment model

Answer 5

begin the relationship with deluded view of partner, reality sets in after marriage.
->this is the best predictor of divorce

Question 6

4 steps to divorce: P.D.S.G.R

Answer 6

Personal: partner feels dissatisfied
Dyadic: dissatisfied partner reveals discontent to social network
Social: partners publisize distress
Grave Dressing: getting over it
Resurrection phase: re-entering the social world

Question 7

Karney and Bradbury’s VULNERABILITY STRESS ADAPTATION model:

Answer 7

enduring personal VULNERABILITIES,
STRESSful events, and
ADAPTive processes influence marital quality