TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategic communication during marital relationship dissolution
T2 - Disengagement resistance strategies
AU - Buchanan, Merry C.
AU - Dan O'Hair, H.
AU - Becker, Jennifer A.H.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This study investigated the communication strategies used by divorced individuals who did not wish their marriages to end (non-initiators). Participants were 270 divorced persons drawn from divorce recovery and support groups as well as network sampling. An adaptation of Buss's (1988) taxonomy of partner retention tactics served to capture the communication strategies of non-initiators during marital dissolution. A factor analysis revealed that four disengagement resistance strategies—commitment, alignment, negativity, and harm—are used by non-initiators during the process of marital dissolution.
AB - This study investigated the communication strategies used by divorced individuals who did not wish their marriages to end (non-initiators). Participants were 270 divorced persons drawn from divorce recovery and support groups as well as network sampling. An adaptation of Buss's (1988) taxonomy of partner retention tactics served to capture the communication strategies of non-initiators during marital dissolution. A factor analysis revealed that four disengagement resistance strategies—commitment, alignment, negativity, and harm—are used by non-initiators during the process of marital dissolution.
KW - Disengagement
KW - Marital Dissolution
KW - Relational Strategies
KW - Relationship Termination
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U2 - 10.1080/08824090600796351
DO - 10.1080/08824090600796351
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84917348143
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 23
SP - 139
EP - 147
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 3
ER -