Relationships

Development And

Dissolution

Individuality

Invitational Communication

Explorational Communication

Intensifying Communication

Revising Communication

Intimate Bonding

Stages of Relationship Development

Intrapsychic

Dyadic

Social Support

Grave Dressing

Resurrection

Deterioration Stages

Initiation

Experimenting

Intensifying

Integrating

Bonding

Mark Knapp’sStages of Relationship Development

Differentiating

Circumscribing

Stagnating

Avoiding

Terminating

Deterioration Stages

Quick Question1 1. During which stage do partners

first start to express a commitment to the relationship?

InitiatingExperimentingIntensifyingIntegrating

Quick Question1 1. During which stage do partners

first start to express a commitment to the relationship?

InitiatingExperimentingIntensifyingIntegrating

Quick Question

2. In which stage do the individuals use small talk to gain more information about each other?

InitiatingExperimentingIntensifyingIntegrating

Quick Question

2. In which stage do the individuals use small talk to gain more information about each other?

InitiatingExperimentingIntensifyingIntegrating

Quick Question

3. In which stage do the individuals shift topics of conversation so that they do not have to talk about the relationship?

CircumscribingStagnatingAvoidingTerminating

Quick Question

3. In which stage do the individuals shift topics of conversation so that they do not have to talk about the relationship?

CircumscribingStagnatingAvoidingTerminating

Quick Question

4. Physical distance is introduced during which phase?

CircumscribingStagnatingAvoidingTerminating

Quick Question

4. Physical distance is introduced during which phase?

CircumscribingStagnatingAvoidingTerminating

Gottman’s 4 Horseman

• Criticism• Contempt• Defensiveness• Stonewalling

Each Horseman paves the way for the next.

Signs of an unhealthy relationship

• You feel insecure and weak around each other

• You suffer from low self-esteem as a result of what happens between you two

• You are dishonest with each other

• You spend more time feeling hurt than feeling good about how you treat each other

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Signs of an unhealthy relationship

• You find yourself complaining to others about your relationship

• You are unable to talk about your feelings or problems with your mate, much less solve them

• You are unable to resolve differences together

• You become unenthusiastic about life because of what goes on between you two

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Signs of an unhealthy relationship

• Your trust is irrevocably broken

• Seemingly small things erode your relationship

• Priorities other than each other constantly present themselves

• What goes on between you interferes with other aspects of your life.

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