Duck Breakdown of Romantic Relationship

• What type of model is Duck's breakdown model


  A linear model
• What is the first phase of Duck's model?


  The first stage is the Intra-psychic phase. In this stage, a partner thinks about their dissatisfaction but do not disclose to others/their partner
• What is the second stage of Duck's relationship model?


  The second stage is the dyadic phase. In this stage both aware and there is confrontation and discussion
• What is the third stage of Ducks relationship breakdown model? 


  The third stage is the social stage. The partner discloses their problems to wider family and friends
• What is the fourth stage of Duck's breakdown of relationships model?

  The fourth stage is grave-dressing. This is how a partner deals with the aftermath. Each partner constructs a narrative of events to help come to terms with and rationalise the breakup. La Gaipa said partners do this to retain 'social credit'
• What does it mean when each stage has a 'tipping point' (Duck's relationship breakdown)


  Each stage has a tipping point- in reaching this threshold, the next stage is entered
• What did Akert say about how gender differences affects Duck's model?


  Akert found that males want to cut their losses after breaking up but females want to remain friends
• Problems with Duck's model being linear?


  Doesn't account for skipping stages (e.g. discovering infidelity) and does not account for differences in stages (e.g. Dickson found in the social phase, less effort is put into helping reconcile teenage relationships than in older couples- so it does not explain all relationships