Relationships (I,M,B)

Question 1

Frazier (model - breakdown)

Answer 1

Surveyed undergraduate students who recently split up with their partner. He found that students gained personal growth and admitted the grave dressing and resurrection stages helped put the relationship to rest. (self report, social desirability)

Question 2

IDA - ethics (model - breakdown)

Answer 2

sensitivity is needed in research, and confidentiality especially in abusive relationships. Do you intervene if a relationship break up seems dangerous?

Question 3

IDA - Application (model - breakdown)

Answer 3

understanding breakdown is important to create couples therapy

Question 4

IDA - Gender (model - breakdown)

Answer 4

women are more likely to express upset with a relationship whilst men are more upset by ‘sexual withholding’, women are more likely to want to remain friends after a relationship has ended where as men are more likely to want to cut themselves loose

Question 5

IDA - Realworld (reasons - breakdown)

Answer 5

CCET helps identify communication problems and improves relating skills. Comparison of 50 couples who received CCET with a control group, CCET reported much higher marital quality.