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Duck’s model of relationship dissolution (1999) consists of four phases, each of which is initiated when a threshold is broken
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Duck's model of relationship dissolution (1999) consists of four phases, each of which is initiated when a threshold is broken. * The intrapsychic phase refers to the individual's private appraisal or evaluation of, or deliberation about, the relationship in terms of its quality and alternatives. * The dyadic phase begins when these thoughts become public. In the dyadic phase, partners shift back and forth from resolution to dissolution: a process of figuring out whether their problems can be solved by maintaining the relationship. * The social phase is when couples acknowledge the social repercussions for separating. * The final phase, grave dressing, involves a more optimistic, and what seems to be a more objective, evaluation and remembrance The first, intrapsychic phase, begins when one partner sees him- or herself as being unable to stand the relationship any more. This initiates a focus on the other's behaviour, and an assessment of how...
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