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# relational dialectics
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 11, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[ethics]]
Interpersonal communication theory proposed by [[Leslie Baxter]] and [[Barbara Montgomery]] about close personal relationships that highlights tensions individuals feel when experiencing paradoxical desires that we need and/or want.
Four assumptions:
1. Relationships are not one dimensional, but consist of highs and lows and move in many directions.
2. Change is a key element in relational life - as our lives change, our relationships change.
3. We'll always experience pressure that comes with contradictory desires.
4. Communication is essential to working through opposing feelings.
## Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_dialectics