Cascade Model of Relational Dissolution: Difference between revisions

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=== Proximal change interventions ===

Gottman and Tabres research on proximal change interventions attempts to interrupt the negative communications process by creating chances for positive influence to help alter relational dynamics and alter or repair damage done by the cascade.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Gottman|first1=John M.|last2=Tabares|first2=Amber|date=2017|title=The Effects of Briefly Interrupting Marital Conflict|journal=Journal of Marital and Family Therapy|language=en|volume=44|issue=1|pages=61–72|doi=10.1111/jmft.12243|pmid=28656613}}</ref> Two interventions were implemented, a "compliments intervention" and a "criticize intervention" design to increase positivity and negativity respectively.<ref name=":4" /> Groups were randomly assigned, withone of the two intervention conditions or a control group,.
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The research indicated that couples determined the effectiveness of the interventions, as many non-regulated couples who have entered the Cascade Model will "construe" interventions by coding them into criticisms and/or by communicating with contempt.<ref name=":4" /> The effectiveness of these interventions is contingent on the continued facilitation and monitoring of interventions by therapists.<ref name=":4" />

=== Avoidance and anxiety attachment ===