Sternberg's Triangular Theory: The Three Components Of Relationships

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The most important factors in order to make a relationship healthy and for it to work are the following; Respect, Trust, Commitment and most importantly effective mutual communication. In the Communication Breakdown Survey I took I scored a 36 with communication in my current relationship; this means that the communication is not great, but there still might be signs of hope. I would interpret these results as it meaning that the communication isn 't great, if there even is communication between my partner and I. I think it also says a lot about who we are as individuals, I 'm not sure how he feels about the relationship but as for me I sometimes feel like I 'm not even in a relationship and that I 'm more of in a friendship with someone, and …show more content…

Without intimacy their isn 't a connection with a person and in a relationship there has to be intimacy in order to have communication, closeness, affection and connectedness without these components a relationship cannot be built. Passion is necessary in a relationship because it relates to sex, physical closeness, romance and all together love, without passion there isn 't love and without love their isn 't a true relationship, at least no one that will last long. Lastly Sternberg’s theory states that decision and commitment is needed in a relationship and this is true because it has to do with how people are willing to give up time in there daily life to make a relationship grow they have to give one another time and acknowledge that they want a long term relationship with one another because they have a special connection and there is love between each other. My relationship can be related to Sternberg’s Theory in a positive and negative way I think my partner and I for most of our relationship we live by the thought that we are the power couple and we don 't depend on each other for anything, which has sometimes made me question if it is even worth it or made me have feelings where I have doubted being in a relationship and doubted my feelings. This however;

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