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The '''Cascade Model of Relational Dissolution''' is a relational communications theory that proposes four critically negative behaviors that lead to the breakdown of marital and romantic relationships.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Handbook of interpersonal communication|last=Knapp, M.L.|first=Daly, John A.|publisher=SAGE Publications|year=2002|isbn=0-7619-2160-5|___location=|pages=270}}</ref> This model is the work of psychological researcher '''[[John Gottman]]''', a professor at the '''[[University of Washington]]''' and founder of '''[[The Gottman Institute]]''' and his research partner '''Robert W. Levenson'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gottman.com/about/research/|title=Overview - Research|website=The Gottman Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> This theory focuses on the negative influence of [[Linguistics|'''verbal''']] and '''[[nonverbal communication]]''' habits on the success and/or failure of marriages and other relationships.<ref name=":02" /> Gottman's model uses a metaphor that compares the four negative communication styles that lead to the breakdown of a relationship to the biblical '''[[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] ,''' wherein each behavior, or horseman, compounds the problems of the previous, leading to the total breakdown of communication in a relationship.<ref name=":02" />

== Background ==