Strategic communication during marital relationship dissolution: Disengagement resistance strategies

Merry C. Buchanan; H. Dan O'Hair; Jennifer A.H. Becker

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Strategic communication during marital relationship dissolution: Disengagement resistance strategies

Merry C. Buchanan, H. Dan O'Hair, Jennifer A.H. Becker

Communication

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-147
Number of pages	9
Journal	Communication Research Reports
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08824090600796351
State	Published - 2006

Keywords

Disengagement
Marital Dissolution
Relational Strategies
Relationship Termination

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Communication

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