Isolation In Relationships

Seeking a relationship is one of the most human things that a person could ever do. Whether it is for platonic reasons or sexual, the drive to be associated with other individuals is natural for almost everybody in society, barring any dysfunctions or impaired mental states. The search for a partner is the one strive that is common across all cultures since “as social beings, most humans live in a matrix of relationships that, to a large extent, define their identity (Mellor, et al, 2008).” Need for social contact goes beyond just a simple urge to talk to one another since long periods of isolation can actually cause real damage to an individual’s mental health. There is a foundational need, almost akin to hunger, for relationships; this, once …show more content…
Personality tests for the traits of those in marriage or relationship can be used to predict the plausibility of marital divorce and the likelihood of a breakup (Kinnunen & Pulkkinen, cited in Solomon & Jackson, 2014). Thus, the possibility of dissolution of a relationship actually increases when a person in it is neurotic or even open to new experiences. (Solomon & Jackson, 2014). These negative traits can lead to a breakdown of communication which will have a negative effect as well. While they are important, personality traits are just one of many influencing factors in the the quality and strength of a …show more content…
There is actually no exact found explanation for the cause of it; several theories have been suggested, but the ones that put an emphasis on the absence of a role model or the lack of a good one leads to the increased divorce rate (Guttman, 1999). It does stand to reason that children would learn this behavior from the examples of their parents as a sort of observational example for how they should act in a relationship. Lacking a role model at all means that children, who have a single parent, have no reference at all to try and help them in their