![]() When you first enter a relationship, you may want to be around the other person as much as possible. We may miss our romantic partners when they are away but simultaneously enjoy and cherish that alone time. This is a need to have a close connection with others as well as our need to have our own space and identity. It is based on Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery’s Relational Dialectics Theory in 1996.īelow are some different relational dialectics (Baxter, 1996). There are opposing forces or struggles that couples have to deal with. Baxter, the scholar who developed this theory, pulled from as many outside sources as she could to better understand the phenomenon of dialectical tensions within relationships.ĭialectical tension is how individuals deal with struggles in their relationships. These tensions are both contradictory and interdependent because without one, the other is not understood. The management of the tensions is usually based on past experiences what worked for a person in the past will be what they decide to use in the future. This perspective views relationships as simply managing the tensions that arise because they cannot be fully resolved. The theory emphasizes interactions allowing for more flexibility to explain how couples maintain a satisfactory, cohesive union. Conversation involves people who must learn to adapt to each other while still maintaining their individuality (Baxter, 2004). They are simply the pushes and pulls that can be found every day in relationships of all types. ![]() Partners can’t always know what their significant other desires or needs from them.ĭialectics had been a concept known well to many scholars for many years. However, sometimes couples go through a redundant problem, and it is important to learn how to deal with this problem. When a relationship starts, there is a lot of positive and ample communication between the parties. ![]() The changes in a relationship are often dependent on communication. We know that all relationships go through change.
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