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| violations of understandings between people in relationships |
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| message that a failure event has occured |
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| One's racial or ethnic group |
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| a race, culture, religion, or ethnic group different from one's own |
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| deception by omission (concealment) |
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| intentionally holding back some of the information another person has requested or that you are expected to share |
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| deliberate presentation of false information |
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| deception by commission involving only a slight degree of falsification that has a minimal consequence |
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| deception by commission involving "stretching the truth" or embellishing the facts |
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| deception by commission involving outright falsification of information intended to deceive the listener |
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| reactive statements made in response to a hurtful message |
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| crying, conceding, or apologizing in response to a hurtful message |
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| ignoring, laughing, or being silent in response to a hurtful message |
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| obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) |
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| repeated invasion of a person's privacy by a stranger or acquaintance who desires or assumes a close relationship |
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| repeated, unwelcome intrusions that create concern for personal safety and fear in the target |
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| a reaction to the threat of losing a valued relationship |
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| range of destructive behaviors aimed at other people, including aggressiveness, threats, violent acts, and verbal, psychological, or physical abuse |
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| ending of a relationship by a mutual agreement of both parties |
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| ending of a relationship by one partner, even though the other partner wants it to continue |
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| ending a relationship by slowly drifting apart |
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| abrupt and unplanned ending of a relationship |
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| systematic progression of a relationship through each of the de-escalation stages |
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| first phase in relationship termination, when an individual engages in an internal evaluation of the partner |
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| second phase in relationship termination, when the individual discusses termination with the partner |
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| third phase in relationship termination, when members of the social network around both parties are informed f and become involved in the termination process |
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| final phase in relationship termination, when the partners generate public explanations and move past the relationship |
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| indirect termination strategies |
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| attempts to break up a relationship without explicitly stating the desire to do so |
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| direct termination strategies |
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| explicit statements of a desire to break up a relationship |
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