Duck

• What are the stages of Duck's breakdown of relationships model?

  Intrapsychic

  Dyadic

  Social

  Grave Dressing

  Resurrection.

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

  Intrapsychic phase:

  • One or both partners are unhappy with an aspect of the relationship
  • This causes them to evaluate the costs and rewards of their relationship, and reconsider the profitability as compared to the investments
  • Most of these processes are private, and are unlikely to be shared
• What is the second stage of Duck's phase model?

  Dyadic phase:

  • partners discuss their private thoughts about the problem that occurred during the intra-psychic phase
  • the couple can salvage the relationship or trigger the beginning of a public breakdown.
• What is the third stage of Duck's phase model?

  Social phase:

  • the breakup becomes public
  • friends of the couple may evaluate the relationship to either give support or place blame on one of the partners, which results in the the mutual friends taking sides
  • the last attempt of saving the relationship may be made by these friends by offering their advice or helping resolve issues
• What is the fourth stage of Duck's phase model?

  Grave-dressing phase:

  • the end of the relationship is confirmed and both members start ‘moving on’
  • both partners try to maintain a positive social image by trying to make the cause of the end of the relationship look more socially-acceptable
  • both partners make new plans to carry on with their lives, taking with them valuable lessons learnt from the previous relationship
• What is the fifth stage of Duck's phase model?

  Resurrection phase:

  • people move beyond the pain and distress associated with ending the relationship, and experience personal growth