FIGURE 15.10
The Relational Turbulence Model
The level of turbulence in a new relationship increases as the partners become more interdependent, spending more time together and interfering with each other’s routines. If the partners stay together and negotiate how to facilitate each other’s goals, then turbulence declines.
[Data source: Knobloch & Donovan-Kicken (2006) © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission.]