Research Related to the Dissolution of Relationships
Dissolution of a relationships happens when the relationships is seen
to be no longer working for either party. There are many reasons why a
relationship ends which include conflict, breaking of rules within the
relationship, boredom, lack of stimulation, problems with abuse,
falling out of love etc. As well as these reason which are pretty
general to both sexes there are also reasons which are favoured by
each sex and these include; men: absence of fun, and women: lack of
emotional support. Argyle and Henderson’s discovered that within rule
violation there were also differences between ages, these where that
younger people identified being criticised in public as a factor and
older people identified lack of respect within the relationship. These
mainly applied to friendships not relationships and so can’t be too
accurate; however when applied to relationships some conclusions could
be made.
There have been many studies conducted on what happens when this
occurs, Duck conducted much research on this and suggested two
categories for relationship dissolution: 1. Predisposing personal
facts (bad habits or emotional instability), and 2. Precipitating
factor (a factor created within the relationship). Duck also outlined
a four-phase model, which he suggested is the path for relationship
dissolution. The first being Intrapsychic phase, this is where one
partner becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the relationship, then
is dissatisfaction is sufficiently great, then they progress to the
next phase. The next phase is the Dyadic phase; this is when the other
partner becomes involved, and if no solution is found within this
phase they move to the next. This phase is the Social phase; this is
where the break is made public, and social implications such as
children are negotiated. Also during this phase the relationship can
still be saved, however if it isn’t then progress to the next and
final phase is made. The final phase is the Grave-dressing phase;
where ex partners begin to organise their post relationship lives,
during this phase details of the break-up are made public and news of
Chapters 5 and 6 in Extraordinary Relationships gave a good introduction into new concepts relating to Human Interactions and Relationships. These new concepts give a better idea in understanding relationship patterns and the various emotions that come along with relationships. Two concepts that stood out to me that were discussed throughout the chapter were relationship patterns and relationship emotions. Over time many relationships develop their own unique patterns. In many cases these patterns have been part of the individual all along. Gilbert (1992) states “Usually what people do in a relationship crises is more of the same thing they have been doing, only more intensely and more anxiously” (pg.36). When individuals go through relationship
To begin with, Larson and Sweeten pose a few interesting questions. They set out to find how breaking up affects unmarried young adults, but the effects that will be recognized are limited to crime and substance use (Larson & Sweeten, 2012, p. 606). This is a goal that helps formulate questions that can later be answered at the end of recording data. The main general question they are looking to answer is as follows “Is romantic dissolution associated with increases in the prevalence or intensity of offending?” (Larson & Sweeten, 2012, p. 606) . This shows that they will be measuring crime. Likewise, the correlation between breaking up and substance usage will be taken into account (Larson & Sweeten, 2012, p. 606). This shows that they will be measuring different substances that each individual used. Moreover, in order to develop hypotheses, Larson and Sweeten did some extensive research to help guide the study. They took note of the ideas from “general strain theory (Agnew, 1992), the age- graded theory of informal social control (Laub and Sampson, 2003; Sampson and Laub 1993), and delinquent
Beginning a relationship is usually different from person to person, but with mostly every relationship, there is a cycle that is known as “Relational Development” which illustrates the rise and fall of relationships into ten stages (pg. 283). In the film, The Breakup, Vaughn, who takes on the
According to Mark Knapp, the stagnating stage of ending a relationship is define as the stage of the relationship dissolution when the relationship stops growing and the partners are barely communicating. The song that I felt fit this stage is Do I by Luke Bryan. In this song Luke Bryan sings about how his relationship is falling apart. The song is about emptiness in the relationship. Also, the relationship is no longer growing. The song lyrics I found to fit this is “I could lean in to hold you or act like I don’t even know you, seems like you could care less either way.” This lyric gives a clear analysis that that relationship is not growing. The stagnating stage is further explained saying that the partners feel as if they are just “going through the motions.” The lyric that I think fits this is “baby what are we becoming it feels just like were always running, rolling through the motions every day.” I think this sentence gives ...
Gerontology provides different perspectives of the aging process and the evidence base from which health and social care practice with the older population is founded. Older people are affected differently by the ageing process. The disengagement theory provides a greater insight into why some older people withdraw from the society. According to the disengagement theory perspective, successful ageing is best achieved through abandoning social roles and relationships and by the individual reducing both activities and involvement. Disengaging from social activities and involvement put the older person at risk of being socially excluded. Social exclusion affects older people, although the risk increases with
Jesse is a high school student who presents with anxiety. It is clear that Jesse is adopted as he describes his birth parents. At a young age, Jesse’s biological parents were incapable o proving care for Jesse. As a result, Jesse feels abandoned by his parents. It appears Jesse feels. Most abandoned by his mother as he continues to describe her as a crack whore. It also appears he has some type of resentment giant his mom and has not been able to overcome her abandonment. On the other hand, he does not appear to have the same sense of abandonment and resentment towards his father. The therapist mentioned that during sessions, Jesse fantasizes and describes his father as some type of professional, for example, a novelist, racecar driver, or doctor. He seems to be some blame on the way his life is on his mother, however, puts no blame on his father.
Clinton and Sibcy (2006) point to a recurring pattern within a marriage suffering from disconnect, and that is the pattern of pursuing and withdrawing. When a couple is in a cycle of hurt, one spouse will react to the disconnect or drift by pursuing the other partner. The pursued partner reacts by withdrawing. This pattern continues the hurt, causes the cyclical pattern of one partner pursuing and the other partner withdrawing. Neither spouse can connect with the other and each struggle with understanding where the other is coming from. As the drift progresses in the marriage, Balswick and Balswick (2014) note that “over a period of time, the wife’s verbal expression of love will diminish. Many a wife begins marriage with expansive declarations of love for her husband, but without reciprocal expression, she will express her feelings less frequently.” (p.
Karen Horney “Distrust between sexes” proceeds go into the different aspects of Love and Relationships. In this book Horney gives examples on how women deal with emotions which transitions from childhood to adult life. The fundamentals of documentation are displayed in unavoidable ways in most occurrences people run into. People are blind to the fact that love in relationships can be destroyed by overt or covert? In some cases lack of sympathy is then blamed, when relationships don’t work out between two individuals. Some couples fall into social, economic defaults which impacts the relationships. These are issues people never stop to think about, all they want to do is shift the blame to one another in a relationship. Self-preservation is a basic instinct for everyone and is present at birth. This can enhance the natural fear of losing ourselves in a relationship (Horney 1930). In Horney discussions I found that a person only feels despair because of the deep emotions of abundant from “Love” during childhood. That can develop more mixed emotions that turn into mistrust, which causes delusions that tell them they are not getting love from their partner (Horney 1930). With these types of feelings mistrust sips into relationships, starting from a child carries over into adult life. Reasons are when a child comes into the world learns everything it needs to know from its parent. If the child’s emotional needs are not taken care of when the family increases, the child will feel a need to compete for affection from the parents, which could turn into a painful situation. With this being said the child grows into an adult with suppressed aggression. If he/she has not learned how to deal with...
cases one member of the family can either become the scapegoat of the family or
As a strong therapeutic relationship is being cultivated with a client and their family, a therapist is able to create a conceptualization case study to help them. Although each therapist has their own preference of conceptualizations, this case study will focus on the client’s demographics, reason for referral, developmental stage, mental health history, diversity and risk factors, role of the therapist, goals/interventions, and ethical concerns.
My analysis of these Female/Male relationships is that there is so many problems in them because the ways of communicating are conflicting. I think that in part the break down can also be because people are not willing to try to make the individual situations work.
In today’s society many families are struck with adversity in numerous ways. However, is the adversity struck within each family controllable? The most common form of “diversity” amongst families in today’s society is divorce. In America there is one divorce every 13 second—that makes for 6,646 divorces a day and 46,523 divorces a week. Marriage is no longer considered a “life-long” promise but merely a “right here, right now” act. While the adults who vow to spend the rest of their lives together undergo divorce, the children involved in the situation are more affected than the adults.
Divorce has grown conventional in today's society. First marriages stand a 50% chance of breaking up and second marriages stand a 67% chance of doing the same thing (issue 8 pg 146). It seems as if instead of working out problems and believing in love, people are giving up and throwing away all they worked on together for so long, thinking that their next marriage will be much different. By doing this they are hurting not only themselves but also their children and could cause them to have negative side effects later on into their adult lives according to clinical psychologist Judith S. Wallerstein. Erikson's theory of personality development can help calculate which and how stages are affected when parents get divorce. Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6 seem to be the most affected by the divorce because the main conflicts the child is confronting at the time are necessary to go through them calmly for a healthy development.
things such as marital discord, unemployment, and financial stress. A family makes a community and when the family suffers from these three things it converts love into hate. Marital discord begins small just like an infection. If one is not cautious, it will build into a disaster and will leave scars and causes tragedy. Unemployment can bring a sudden change in plans and can discourage any goal an adult has. It is a fear that follows one in his or her sleep, making them believe in failure and it takes away their hope. Financial stress is an everyday topic, it cannot be avoided and it is always there because the world is surrounded by money. The love of money is what governs people’s hearts and it is that love of money that can build a need
One of the biggest aspects of human nature is the desire for relationship. Humans crave a sense of belonging which is undoubtedly an evolutionary advantage given to us by our ancestors that traveled in packs. The more relationships they instinctively formed, the more likely they were to survive and pass of those genes. The more complex humans have become over the years corresponds to the difference in complexity that their relationships have undergone. Because humans will never stop evolving in their technologically advanced world, it is logical to think that relationships won’t either. Complex is better, right? The truth is that biological instincts such as craving belonging were introduced for survival. When relationships occur in an environments in which the members aren’t just trying to survive, deterioration becomes a possibility. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley suggests that the more society progresses, the more relationships deteriorate.