Relationships

Prepare to discuss your model of relationship

breakdown

Breaking up is so hard to do…

Breaking up is so hard to do…Title: The breakdown of Romantic

relationshipsLO: To be able to describe (AO1) Rollie &

Duck’s model and Lee’s model of relationship breakdown

To be able to discuss evaluation (AO2) points of these models in a ‘burger’ style

Why do relationships breakdown?

Pre-existing Doom e.g. Romeo & Juliet

Mechanical Failure: Can’t live together

Sudden Death!! An Affair

Why do relationships breakdown?

More likely if…

•A young couple with children

•Lower Socio-economic status & low educational

attainment, different demographics

•Children of divorcees

Rollie & Duck (2006)&Lee (1984) Sort the stages

into the correct orderWhy have you put them in that order?

Lee (1984) 112 premarital relationships

1. Dissatisfaction2. Exposure: The reveal to the

partner3. Negotiation4. Resolution5. Termination

Rollie & Duck (2006)1. Breakdown: I cant stand this

anymore2. Intra-psychic: Justify breakup3. Dyadic: I mean it (Discussions

about saving it)4. Social Process: Inevitable &

public5. Grave Dressing: Story told to friends & new

life created

6. Resurrection: What I learnt, what will be different next time

Does it support or challenge the theory?

Tashiro & Frazier (2003) undergraduates surveyed after a recent break up They reported emotional distress & personal growth Grave dressing & resurrection helped them get over their relationship & get on with the rest of their life.

P AO1E Evidence: Outline the research AO2 LanguageE Explain how it supports the theory E Evaluate the researchL Link: Why does this matter…

Other evaluative issues: Culturally specific Retrospective data? Describe or explain? Femlee (1995) Fatal Attraction: We are ‘blinded’ by desirable qualities at the start of a relationship Sensitivity or Ethical issues with researching this type of information

Supporting or Challenging research

1. Choose an evaluation point from the previous slide 2. Create a burger paragraph (and 2 more for homework)

P AO1E Evidence: Outline the research AO2 LanguageE Explain how it supports the theory E Evaluate the researchL Link: Why does this matter…

Prepare this ESSAY!!: Discuss research into the breakdown of romantic

relationships (8+16 marks)

AO1: Rollie & Duck and Lee (2 paragraphs) AO2: Studies & Evaluation (4 PEEEL paragraphs)