Tensions in Relationships: The Dialectical Perspective Name Fundamentals of Speech Professor Date The relational dialectics perspective is useful for understanding the ups and downs and sometimes illogical nature of interpersonal relationships. Developed by communication scholars Leslie Baxter‚ Barbara Montgomery and their colleagues‚ the dialectical perspective assumes that relationships keep changing. They are not maintained‚ but rather sustained through changing statuses. There are
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is now his wife) since they started dating; therefore‚ he would tell me a lot of things that happened with their relationship. After learning about chapter 9 about dialectical tensions‚ I found that their relationship somehow went through some of them which are: integration vs. separation and revelation vs. concealment. I would say the turning point for all of those conflicting tensions was their marriage about one year ago. Talking about integration vs. separation‚ when they were dating‚ they tried
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Relational Standards: Rules and Expectations in Romantic Relationships Submitted by Alexandra Elizabeth West BBSc‚ BLitt‚ Postgrad Dip in Psychology June 2006 A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Australian Catholic University National. School of Psychology Australian Catholic University National Melbourne‚ Australia Australian Catholic University Research Services Locked Bag 4115 Fitzroy‚ Victoria 3065 Australia Acknowledgements
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choice is romantic relationships; I would firstly like to define a romantic relationship. A romantic relationship is “one where you have a deep feeling of connection to the other person‚ it is a relationship based on love‚ passion and commitment to another person”(Website 1). The reason I chose romantic relationships would be due to the fact that these relationships are social phenomena that have existed from the beginning of time and will continue to exist as long as humans exist. Relationships are an
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Romantic Relationships It is said that love is the most profound emotion known to human beings. Every day people fall in love‚ commit into relationships and fall out of them. Romantic relationships are one of the most unique types of interpersonal relationships‚ they ’re different from any other. Love can be the most amazing feeling‚ but it can also being the most heart break. Learning how to manage a romantic relationship is key if you plan to maintain a healthy one. Interpersonal communication
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Hypothesis Statement: Romantic breakups result in the loss of a person as a regulator of stimulation and arousal modulation that can then lead to these physiological and biochemical effects such as thought intrusion‚ bereavement symptoms‚ sleep disturbance‚ endocrine and immune dysfunctions‚ and loss of psychological attunement. Introduction: The intent of this research is to summarize the limited literature on romantic breakup symptoms that are similar to those of the bereavement syndrome
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Jealousy in Romantic Relationships Roxy Ghamgosarnia Stetson University In today’s society‚ we witness that the majority of romantic relationships suffer and falter. Numbers show marriages that end in divorce have sky rocketed. The question persists why? What causes so much dysfunction in a romantic relationship? A topic I found to be intriguing was jealousy. Present in all humans and in platonic and romantic relationships‚ jealousy has become an unexplainable phenomenon in which researchers
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Do romantic movies have a negative impact on young couples’ relationship? Quite a few researches have been conducted on the concept of love in romantic movies and how they impact relationships in the real world. However‚ very few researches have been done on the concept of jealousy in romantic films and their influence on couples’ relationship. Therefore‚ this paper will be dedicated to find out more about the concept of jealousy in movies and their impact on the viewer’s relationship. Firstly‚ we
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Georgia Perimeter Conflict in romantic relationship Conflicts in romantic relationship Conflicts occur in our relationship when we find dissimilarities in our opinion. It is very natural that disagreements come to the relationships‚ and conflicts occur. There are no interpersonal relationships without conflicts (Wood 230). Conflicts may also come in romantic relationships. Now‚ what is romantic relationship? As Wood says‚ self-concept‚ proximity‚ and similarity are the three main things
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Outline and evaluate research into the breakdown of romantic relationships. (24 marks) One piece of research into the breakdown of romantic relationships conducted by Thibaut and Kelly‚ can explain why a relationship may breakdown using the Social Exchange Theory. A relationship may breakdown due to the ‘profits’ and ‘losses’ in the relationship‚ one of the participants in the relationship may compare the current relationship to a previous one and realise they are not getting what they should
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