What's Your Breakup Reason? Take the Breakup Quiz

What is the Phase Model of Dissolution by Duck about?

What are some factors explaining diverse post-dissolution outcomes, as per the text?

What are predictors of relationship dissolution according to the text?

What are contextual factors that can threaten relationship stability?

What is the refined divorce rate based on?

What is the crude divorce rate based on?

What is the cohort approach in calculating divorce rates?

What is the main reason for the declining divorce rate overall?

Why do people engage in ghosting as a breakup strategy?

What is a common outcome for people who re-partner after a breakup?

What is a key situational factor predicting dissolution according to the text?

Understanding Relationship Breakups

Student responses on the impact of divorce may include benefits to personal health, harm to children, and encouragement to work on relationships.
Factors contributing to changes in divorce rates over time include shifts in values, delayed marriage, and the rise in cohabitation.
Non-marital dissolution rates are difficult to estimate due to the variability in people's experiences and the prevalence of casual encounters.
Predictors of relationship dissolution include problems with "me" or "you," problems with "us," and problems with context.
Breakup reasons falling under "me" or "you" include personality traits, habits, and behaviors of oneself or the partner.
"Us" problems in a relationship involve breaking intimacy, interdependence, and commitment, with low intimacy predicting dissolution.
Incompatibility, conflicts, and infidelity are common reasons for breaking interdependence and commitment in relationships.
Infidelity is a serious transgression that significantly increases the odds of divorce and occurs commonly in all types of relationships.
Reasons for engaging in infidelity include relationship-based and situational factors, and it can have toxic consequences for relationship stability.
Financial stress and incarceration are contextual factors that can threaten relationship stability, with low income and incarceration being risk factors for divorce.
Parenting introduces an array of problems for relationships, including added stress and challenges that can strain the relationship.
Well-matched partners are not immune to breaking up, as relationships do not operate in isolation and can be threatened by highly stressful contexts.

Test your knowledge of relationship breakups with this quiz covering factors contributing to divorce rates, predictors of relationship dissolution, common breakup reasons, and contextual factors that can threaten relationship stability. Explore the impact of divorce on personal health, children, and relationships, as well as the prevalence and consequences of infidelity in various types of relationships.