Duck's model

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    • Who proposed the phase model of relationship breakdown?
      Duck
    • What is each phase marked by?
      A threshold
    • What are the four stages in Duck's model?
      Intra-psychic
      Dyadic
      Social
      Grave dressing
    • What is the threshold in the Intra-psychic phase?
      'I can't stand this anymore'
    • What is the threshold in the Dyadic phase?
      'I would be justified in withdrawing'
    • What is the threshold in the Social phase?
      'I mean it'
    • What is the threshold in the Grave dressing phase?
      'It's now inevitable'
    • What processes are in the Intra-psychic phase?
      Cognitive processes within the individual
    • What processes are in the Dyadic phase?
      Interpersonal processes between partners
    • What processes are in the Social phase?
      Wider processes involving the couple's social networks
    • What does the Grave dressing phase focus on?
      Aftermath
    • What is the Dyadic phase characterised by?
      Anxiety
      Hostility
      Complaints about lack of equity
      Resentment over imbalanced roles
      Rethinking commitment
    • What are the two possible outcomes in the Dyadic phase?
      1 ) Determination to continue breaking up
      2 ) Renewed desire to repair
    • What can become more frequent in the Dyadic phase?
      Self-disclosures
    • What are weighed up in the Intra-psychic phase?
      Pros and cons
    • According to La Gaipa, how do we attempt to regain 'social credit' in the Grave dressing phase?
      Blaming other things
    • Who suggested we attempt to regain 'social credit' by blaming other things in the Grave dressing phase?
      La Gaipa
    • Break-up made public in the Social phase
    • Friends provide reinforcement and reassurance in the Social phase
    • Some friends place blame on one partner or the other in the Social phase
    • Some friends hasten the end of the relationship by providing previously secret information in the Social phase
    • Some friends attempt to repair the relationship in the Social phase
    • Gossip is traded and encouraged in the Social phase
    • What are there worries about in the Intra-psychic phase?
      Reasons for dissatisfaction
    • What are there plans for in the Intra-psychic phase?
      Future
    • Partners cannot avoid confrontation in the Dyadic phase
    • Spinning a favourable story for public consumption is common in the Social phase
    • What is the final threshold at the end of the Grave dressing phase?
      'Time to get a new life'