As a result, for Vaughan 'getting out of a relationship includes a redefinition of self at several levels: in the private thoughts of the individual, between partners, and in the larger social context in which the relationship exists'.
因此沃恩认为“从关系中抽离出来需要对自我在几个层面上重新定义：在私人想法上、伴侣之间以及关系存在于的更大社会背景中”。