Strength of Relationships

Relationships that are based in care and reciprocity have a positive affect. Since the people involved are able to get their needs met by each other the reliance on the power structure decreases and the move towards liberation increases. 

Relationships that still are based in dependency, or have been formed in urgency, lead to smaller moves toward liberation as the individuals themselves cannot trust one another, or feel burned out by each other leading to feelings of apathy and cynicism.

This variable is important because it relates the degree that to the relationships are sustainable.