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Front 1

assessment of the other person’s behavior and evaluating the extent to which that behavior provides justification for terminating the relationship

Back 1

Intra-psychic phase

Front 2

partners discuss the perceived problems associated with the relationship (Should the relationship be repaired, redefined or dissolved?)

Back 2

Dyadic phase

Front 3

partners tell everyone that the relationship is being dissolved

Back 3

Social phase

Front 4

partners physically, psychologically and socially end the relationship.
1. Partners try to “make sense” of the dissolution.
2. Develop and account or story of break up
3. Self-enhancement strategies

Back 4

Grave-dressing phase

Front 5

need more time with you

Back 5

time jealousy

Front 6

i am threatened by the new person

Back 6

person jealousy

Front 7

i feel excluded from things with you

Back 7

opportunity jealousy

Front 8

attempt by one person to predict and state what the other person is feeling or thinking, how s/he will react, what s/he will accept or reject, what his/her motivations are

Back 8

mindreading

Front 9

one person approaches the other about a relationship problem, the approached person feels pressure or threatened and thus withdraws from the interaction

Back 9

approach-withdraw pattern