Understanding Young People's Relationship Breakups Using the Dual Processing Model of Coping and Bereavement

McKiernan, Aidan; Ryan, Patrick; McMahon, Eimear; Bradley, S. A.; Butler, Ellen

doi:10.1080/15325024.2018.1426979

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“…Weiss (1976) highlighted the similarities between adult dynamics and behaviors that are involved in the divorce process and those that characterize the separation of children from their parents, applying the concept of Bowlby (1969Bowlby ( /1982 on "separation distress" to this context. This hypothesis is supported by recent additional research (e.g., Archer and Fisher, 2008;McKiernan et al, 2018). The expression of separation distress concerning relationship dissolutions-comparable with a bereavement reaction-can include recurring thoughts about the former partner, who attempts to get in touch with him/her or to gain information about him/her.…”

Section: Adult Attachment Stylesmentioning

confidence: 69%

When Love Just Ends: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Dysfunctional Behaviors, Attachment Styles, Gender, and Education Shortly After a Relationship Dissolution

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Much information is known about the long-term consequences of separation and divorce, whereas there is a paucity of studies about the short-term consequences of such experiences. This study investigates the adoption of dysfunctional behaviors (e.g., insistent telephone calls and text messages, verbal threats, and sending unwanted objects) shortly after a relationship dissolution. A total of 136 participants who declared to have been left by their former partner in the previous 6 months were included in this study (i.e., females: n = 84; males: n = 52; mean age = 30.38; SD = 4.19). Attachment styles were evaluated as explanatory variables when facing a relationship dissolution, in connection with a set of (1) demographic variables (i.e., gender, education, and current marital/relationship status), (2) dysfunctional behaviors, and (3) motivations on the basis of those behaviors. Results showed that a secure or dismissing attachment style, a higher education, and currently married (but awaiting separation) status were the protective factors in adopting such dysfunctional behaviors, while the preoccupied and fearful-avoidant subjects, especially females, tended to adopt dysfunctional behaviors (i.e., communication attempts and defamation) and reported fear of abandonment and need for attention as underlying motivations. Future study on longitudinal aspects of the relationship dissolution processes is required to have deeper insights into this phenomenon. This study sheds light on the relationship between adult attachment styles and the motivations behind the adoption of dysfunctional behaviors after a relationship dissolution.

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Section: Adult Attachment Stylesmentioning

confidence: 69%

When Love Just Ends: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Dysfunctional Behaviors, Attachment Styles, Gender, and Education Shortly After a Relationship Dissolution

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“…These communities often center around a shared life situation such as chronic health conditions (Subramani and O'Connor, 2018;Green et al, 2020) and family bereavement (Schotanus-Dijkstra et al, 2014;Paulus and Varga, 2015). Several factors were emphasized in common: Peers were found more helpful when they are emotionally warm and compassionate, give others choice on a solution, willing to accept others' perspectives and experiences, practice active listeningby paraphrasing, asking questions and reflecting feelings, give pertinent advice/insights to help others to solve their problem, as well as share similar experiences (Chuang and Yang, 2012;Schotanus-Dijkstra et al, 2014;Paulus and Varga, 2015;Subramani and O'Connor, 2018;McKiernan et al, 2018;Green et al, 2020). While there has been significant work on what people find helpful, existing studies are based on qualitative themes and to the best of our knowledge, no work has been done on the language features that characterizes helpful support messages.…”

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“…Helpfulness has been extensively studied based on exchanges in online support communities (Chuang and Yang, 2012; Schotanus-Dijkstra et al, 2014; Paulus and Varga, 2015;Subramani and O'Connor, 2018;McKiernan et al, 2018;Green et al, 2020). These studies found that helpfulness is associated with various characteristics such as emotional warmth, relevant knowledge, willingness to understand, empowering choice, active listening as well as sharing of similar experiences.…”

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How to be Helpful on Online Support Forums?

Wang¹,

Torres²

2022

Proceedings of the 4th Workshop of Narrative Understanding (WNU2022)

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Internet forums such as Reddit offer people a platform to ask for advice when they encounter various issues at work, school or in relationships. Telling helpful comments apart from unhelpful comments to these advice-seeking posts can help people and dialogue agents to become more helpful in offering advice. We propose a dataset that contains both helpful and unhelpful comments in response to such requests. We then relate helpfulness to the closely related construct of empathy. Finally, we analyze the language features that are associated with helpful and unhelpful comments.

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“…En rupturas atravesadas por infidelidad incluso se llega a afirmar que pueden provocar alteraciones al nivel del trastorno de estrés postraumático (Ammari et al, 2022). Igualmente, la ruptura sentimental puede llevar al sujeto doliente a transitar el mismo proceso de adaptación por el que lo haría en caso de que se tratara de una pérdida por fallecimiento (Connolly & McIsaac, 2009;McKiernan et al, 2018). No obstante, se considera importante mencionar que no hay una relación directa entre ruptura sentimental y los diagnósticos mencionados y que si bien en algunos casos se presentan síntomas compatibles con los mismos, no necesariamente representan un diagnóstico como tal.…”

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“…En población adolescente se piensa que una ruptura sentimental puede ser particularmente significativa porque representa pérdida en cuanto aspectos importantes para el desarrollo, tales como la maduración de la intimidad, la afiliación, la sexualidad, la identidad, la autonomía y la conexión y aceptación (Collins, 2003). Una ruptura también puede representar para un adolescente, la pérdida de apoyo en un contexto fuera de casa, especialmente si en este escenario las necesidades de conexión, afecto, cuidado y empatía no se han encontrado de la forma en que la persona lo necesita o espera (McKiernan et al, 2018).…”

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duelo: más allá de la muerte, más allá de la pérdida de un ser querido

Navas

2023

Meridiano

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Típicamente el término duelo se asocia con un proceso relacionado con la pérdida por fallecimiento de una persona con quien se sostenía un vínculo calificado como importante. No obstante, el concepto está relacionado con la noción de pérdida en sí misma, sea de algo o alguien valorado como significativo, por fallecimiento o no. Así, un duelo puede experimentarse en diferentes contextos y momentos de la vida, empero, en el marco de las relaciones interpersonales pueden darse pérdidas particularmente significativas en tanto somos seres sociales. Por tanto, el presente texto tiene el objetivo de hacer una revisión sobre tres formas de duelo en la dimensión interpersonal: primero, el duelo por ruptura sentimental, donde lo que se pierde es el vínculo y los significados asociados al mismo; segundo, el síndrome de nido vacío, que refiere al contexto en el que los hijos salen del hogar y los padres pierden la dinámica de vida asociada a ser los cuidadores de estos; y, tercero, el duelo parasocial, en donde la pérdida se refiere a la muerte o desaparición de un personaje o figura pública con quien se tenía un vínculo simbólico. Se considera relevante mencionar los tres contextos, dado que la evidencia sustenta que, en estos, las personas pueden experimentar las mismas etapas por las que se atravesaría en un duelo típico por fallecimiento. Finalmente, se presentan también opciones de intervención que han mostrado sustento empírico y se concluye con la invitación a ampliar el tratamiento en investigación básica y aplicada del fenómeno duelo, más allá de la pérdida por fallecimiento de alguien cercano.

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Understanding Young People's Relationship Breakups Using the Dual Processing Model of Coping and Bereavement

Cited by 12 publications

References 44 publications

When Love Just Ends: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Dysfunctional Behaviors, Attachment Styles, Gender, and Education Shortly After a Relationship Dissolution

When Love Just Ends: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Dysfunctional Behaviors, Attachment Styles, Gender, and Education Shortly After a Relationship Dissolution

How to be Helpful on Online Support Forums?

duelo: más allá de la muerte, más allá de la pérdida de un ser querido

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