Graphic style problem

Copying an element which has a graphic style applied now breaks apart the style into individual elements if the style is applyed to text, the text is outlined too. This never use to happen. Have tryed changing the paste board settting but this changes nothing.
Has anyone come across this and do you have a remedy

Adobe CS6 16.2.1
Any style including the ones i have create myself any font which has a graphic style applied This is a new problem to me, never experienced it before This has be a persitant problem for a month or two i have just worked arround it but have found it irritating enough to ask the question.
Working on a mac pro in lion 10.7.5
the Problem occurs once the element with a style has been copied if i paste (in the same doc or a new document ) what ever the element is broken appart retains its look but is nolonger a grahic style. I can drag copy or duplicate an element with no problem.
Hence the the experimenting with the paste board settings

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