Guided by the Stages of Change (SOC) model, we explored relationship-repair behaviors among those thinking about divorce, employing a recent national longitudinal survey of married individuals (N = 745). Person-centered analyses explored whether there were distinct typologies of relationship-repair behaviors. We found four distinct classes: Intense Seekers (6%), who engaged at high levels of all kinds of repair behaviors, including professional services; Moderate-fading Seekers (14%), who engaged in moderate levels of various repair behaviors, including professional services, but did not sustain that behavior over a year; and Minimal-private Seekers (42%) and Private-sustained Seekers (38%), who eschewed professional services and engaged in low-to-moderate personal and private repair behaviors. We discuss possible applications of the SOC model to the divorce decision-making process and conclude with implications for practice, including the need to allocate greater attention to personal and self-help interventions that match the way most people try to repair their relationships.

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他们在做什么？对正在考虑离婚的个人寻求帮助和修复关系的行为进行的全国调查

在变革阶段 (SOC) 模型的指导下，我们利用最近对已婚人士进行的全国纵向调查 ( N  = 745) ，探讨了考虑离婚的人的关系修复行为。以人为中心的分析探讨了关系修复行为是否存在不同的类型。我们发现了四个不同的类别：强烈的寻求者（6%），他们从事高水平的各种维修行为，包括专业服务；中度-衰落的寻求者（14%），他们从事中等水平的各种修复行为，包括专业服务，但一年内没有维持这种行为；和最小-私人搜索者(42%) 和私人-持续寻求者(38%)，他们回避专业服务并从事中低度到中度的个人和私人维修行为。我们讨论了 SOC 模型在离婚决策过程中的可能应用，并总结了对实践的影响，包括需要更多地关注与大多数人试图修复关系的方式相匹配的个人和自助干预。