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Mind Map by helen.rebecca, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by helen.rebecca
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The Breakdown Model
(Rollie & Duck 2006)
- 1. Breakdown
- Dissatisfaction
with relationship
- Threshold: 'I can't
stand this anymore'
- Inequitable
relationships are more
likely to create
dissatisfaction than
equitable relationships
- Realisation may
be the first step
to breakdown
- Dissatisfaction
with relationship
- 2. Intrapsychic
Processes
- Re-evaluation of
alternatives to
the relationship
- Social
withdrawal
'rumination'
- Resentment, brooding on partner's
faults and relational costs
- Threshold: 'I'd be justified
in withdrawing'
- Nothing is said to the
partner although
dissatisfaction may be
expressed in other ways
(e.g. diary entry)
- This is an individual process
- Re-evaluation of
alternatives to
the relationship
- 3. Dyadic
Processes
- Uncertainty, anxiety, hostility,
complaints, discussion of issues
- Talk about 'our
relationship',
equity, roles etc
- Resentment of
goals,
possibilities
- Threshold: 'I
mean it'
- People confront their
partner & begin to
discuss their feelings &
the future
- At this stage the relationship
might be saved, or partners begin
to involve others with their
dissatisfaction with the
relationship
- Uncertainty, anxiety, hostility,
complaints, discussion of issues
- 4. Social Processes
- Going public, support seeking,
denigration of partner
- Alliance building
- Social commitment, outside
forces create cohesion
- Threshold: 'This is now inevitable'
- Spills over to the network of friend &
family
- Others may take sides, offer
advice & support or may helping
in mending any disputes
- This involvement may even speed up the partners towards dissolution
- Going public, support seeking,
denigration of partner
- 5. Grave Dressing Processes
- Tidying up memories,
making relational histories
(e.g. deciding how you feel)
- Stories prepared for different audiences
- Threshold: 'Time to get a new
life'
- Partners strive to construct a representation of
the failed relationship that doesn't paint their
contributions to it in an unfavourable light
- People may strategically
reinterpret their view of the partner
- Tidying up memories,
making relational histories
(e.g. deciding how you feel)
- 6. Resurrection Processes
- Recreating
sense of own
social value
- Defining
what to get
out of future
relationships
- Preparation for
future relationships
- Each partner
prepares
themselves for
new
relationships
by redefining
themselves &
building on
past mistakes &
experiences
- Recreating
sense of own
social value
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