Conflict resolution styles and teen dating violence

Abstract

Background/Objective: Training in conflict resolution strategies is a goal in different intervention contexts, and the Conflict Resolution Styles Inventory is a proven, useful tool for assessing these skills. Two studies were conducted, one aimed at analyzing psychometric properties of this instrument, and the other at verifying its ability to discriminate between violent and non-violent adolescent dating partners. Method: In the first study, with 592 adolescents, confirmatory factor analyzes were performed with the two subscales (self and partner). The second study, with 1,938 adolescents, tested whether the factorial structure obtained discriminates between levels of dating violence involvement. Results: Besides verifying the adequacy of items, the results of the first study showed the same three-factor structure in both versions: a positive approach to conflicts and two non-constructive styles, engagement and withdrawal. The second study demonstrated the discriminative capacity of both scales. Conclusions: The final tool, which consisted of 13 items with a good internal consistency, may be useful for assessing the effectiveness of interventions to improve conflict resolution skills, as well as for screening and classification purposes.

Harmony or chaos? Beliefs and practices about conflicts among naturalized refugee children in Tanzania

“…Boys tended to come into conflict on issues related to physical materials and dominance tendencies like toys and other play materials, while among girls the main cause of conflict was relationship-related issues. These findings conflict with those by Ayas et al (2010), Bonache et al (2016) and Tizard et al (1988), who found that boys engage more in conflicts than girls do, and the main reason for conflicts among boys and girls are the same. However, these findings concur with the ones by Shantz and Shantz (1985) who found that there was gender difference on causes of conflicts among children, whereby possessions caused more conflicts among boys and issues of friendship between young girls.…”

“…in the literature under the concepts of violence and bullying, which can be both physical and/or mental in nature (Aurora 1999;Balding 1996). For example, in 1995, 58% of children surveyed in the United Kingdom reported experiences of being bullied (Bonache et al 2016;Tyler 1998). However, the episodes experienced are persistent and prolonged incidences of physical and/or mental violence.…”

Propiedades psicométricas del Inventario de Estilos de Resolución de Conflictos en jóvenes mexicanos

“…La necesidad de contar con una prueba de evaluación de estilos de resolución de problemas en las las relaciones interpersonales de pareja, para el contexto de México, ha llevado a proponer la adaptación del modelo de Kurdek (1994) ya adaptado por Bonache, Ramírez-Santana et al (2016) a población joven de España. El análisis factorial confirmatorio realizado constata que el modelo propuesto por Bonache Ramírez-Santana et al (2016) no tiene un buen ajuste a los datos, ni en lo referente al propio sujeto (self) (modelo A) ni en el relativo a la pareja (modelo B), tal y como muestran los índices robustos presentados en la Tabla 1.…”

“…Implicación directa en el conflicto), tanto en el formato de auto-informe como en el de evaluación de la pareja. Además, los índices de fiabilidad obtenidos para cada uno de los factores (en el auto-informe entre .823 y .852; y para la evaluación de la pareja entre .814 y .892) fueron superiores a los informados por Bonache, Ramírez-Santana et al (2016) de .76 para el auto-informe y de .73 para la pareja.…”

The interaction strategies and behaviour models in conflicts of Russian construction industry

“…There are the goals and motives that a person is guided in the conflict and which he never realizes until the end; there are the emotional nature of the previous relations and peculiarities of the temperament, the character and etc. [6][7][8] The "psychological subtleties" seek to circumvent in business communication. The experts want to create a universal rational scheme for the people's behavior in any conflict situation.…”