Question

Chen and anne come to counseling because they are on the brink of a divorce. after five years of marriage, anne sees chen as a highly controlling individual who micromanages their bank account. she's tired of her husband always nagging about money, and says she doesn't feel like she's getting anything positive out of her relationship. chen considers anne's spending extravagant. he blames her family background for creating her lack of responsibility. from chen's perspective, what theory about marriage would explain the relationship failure?

Answer 1

Intrapersonal theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

Intrapersonal theory: In psychology, the term "intrapersonal theory" is described as one of the theories of motivation that involves self-directed emotions, for example, shame, pride, guilt, etc as well as self-directed thoughts, for example, success expectancy. The intrapersonal theory generally involves the human propensity to think, interpret or analyze things based on their own perspective.

In the question above, the given statement represents the intrapersonal theory according to Chen's perspective.