What? Suggests how relationship breakdown can be reversed
Who? Duck; People in intra-psychic phase can be encouraged to worry about positive aspects of partner - communication a feature of dyadic phase
Why? Useful in relationship counselling
Counterpoint: Real-world application
What? Culturally-biased
Who? Fathali - based on individualist cultures; relationshipsless easy in collectivist cultures
Why? Not useful in all cultures
Limitation: Incomplete model
What? Incomplete model
Who? Duck and Rollie - fifth phase added (Resurrection phase); ex-partners apply to future relationships - processesmore important that linear movement between phases
Why? Doesn't account for complexity
Limitation: Early phases less understood
What? Underexplains early phases
Who? Retrospective research - inaccurate and unreliabledata
