Conflict Resolution Styles in Gay, Lesbian, Heterosexual Nonparent, and Heterosexual Parent Couples

Kurdek, Lawrence A.

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“…Ineffective Arguing Inventory (IAI) 28 A revised version of the IAI assessed perceived couple conflict resolution. As opposed to assessing an individual's style of resolving conflict, this six-item, Likert-type scale (α=.75) measured men's perception of how they and their partner resolve conflict as a couple.…”

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“…26,27 However, another important factor to consider beyond the individual is a couple's pattern of conflict resolution or the extent to which the relationship involves a pattern of ineffective communication. [28][29][30] Prior research has evidenced an association between couples' perception of ineffective conflict resolution communication within their relationship and adverse couple functioning, including marital dissatisfaction and divorce, 29,30 and IPV. 27 Feldman and Ridley 27 employed the Communication Patterns Questionnaire, 31 a self-report measure assessing the perceptions partners have regarding their communication patterns during conflict.…”

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Interpersonal- and Community-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among African American Men

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been associated with adverse physical, psychoemotional, and sexual health, and African American women are at higher risk for experiencing IPV. Considering African American women predominantly have African American male partners, it is essential to identify factors associated with IPV perpetration among African American men. The present study examined attitudes toward IPV, ineffective couple conflict resolution, exposure to neighborhood violence, and the interplay of these factors as predictors of IPV perpetration. A community sample of 80 single, heterosexual, African American men between 18 and 29 years completed measures assessing sociodemographics, attitudes towards IPV, perceived ineffective couple conflict resolution, exposure to neighborhood violence, and IPV perpetration during the past 3 months. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses, with age, education, and public assistance as covariates, were conducted on 65 men who reported being in a main relationship. Couple conflict resolution and exposure to neighborhood violence moderated the relation between attitudes supporting IPV and IPV perpetration. Among men who reported high ineffective couple conflict resolution and high exposure to neighborhood violence, IPV perpetration increased as attitudes supporting IPV increased. The findings indicated that interpersonal-and communitylevel factors interact with individual level factors to increase the risk of recent IPV perpetration among African American men. While IPV prevention should include individual-level interventions that focus on skills building, these findings also highlight the importance of couple-, community-, and structural-level interventions.

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Interpersonal- and Community-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among African American Men

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“…Conflict resolution with friends was measured with a Dutch adaptation of Kurdek's CRSI [Kurdek, 1994], which distinguishes four conflict resolution styles: positive problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance. Adolescents rated for each of 20 items (five items for each style) on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from never to always, how often they had used particular conflict resolution behaviors over the past 7 days when having an argument or conflict with their friend.…”

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Empathy and conflict resolution in friendship relations among adolescents

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Meeus

2006

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The present study addressed empathy's role in conflict resolution within the context of adolescent same-sex friendship relations. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess dispositional affective empathy and conflict resolution styles (problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance). The data of 307 adolescents (149 boys, 158 girls) were included in a multigroup path analysis with sex as a moderator variable. In agreement with the hypothesis that higher levels of dispositional empathy are associated with more successful conflict management, dispositional affective empathy was found to be positively linked to problem solving and negatively linked to conflict engagement among adolescent boys and girls. Dispositional affective empathy was not related to the two more passive strategies (withdrawal and compliance). Sex differences were demonstrated in empathic tendencies, with girls being more empathic than boys. Sex differences were also established in conflict resolution strategies, with girls using problem solving, withdrawal and compliance more frequently than boys. Both sexes scored equally low on conflict engagement, however, and were found to prefer problem solving to all other conflict resolution strategies. Findings are discussed in terms of previous research on empathy and conflict resolution. Aggr. Behav. 33:48-55, 2007. r

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“…For each conflict that had occurred that day, adolescents were asked to fill out what conflict resolution styles they used during the conflict, using the styles Kurdek (1994) distinguished as conflict engagement, positive problem solving, and withdrawal. This questionnaire, originally designed for couples, was modified so that it referred to parents and adolescents.…”

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Intraindividual Variability in Adolescents’ Perceived Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Daily Conflict

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J Youth Adolescence

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A daily diary method was used to examine the daily dynamics of adolescent conflict and perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends among a sample of 72 Dutch adolescents (M = 15.59 years). Multilevel analyses revealed that perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends was lower on days on which conflict occurred with mothers, fathers, and best friends than on days on which no conflict occurred. More specifically, perceived relationship satisfaction was highest in a particular relationship on days when no conflict occurred, second highest on days on which constructive conflict occurred, and lowest on days on which unconstructive conflict occurred. Whereas in adolescents' relationships with their parents, conflict and perceived relationship satisfaction were not found to be related to each other one day later, conflict with their best friends-and especially unconstructive conflict-was found to be related to higher perceived relationship satisfaction one day later.

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Conflict Resolution Styles in Gay, Lesbian, Heterosexual Nonparent, and Heterosexual Parent Couples

Cited by 296 publications

References 29 publications

Interpersonal- and Community-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among African American Men

Interpersonal- and Community-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among African American Men

Empathy and conflict resolution in friendship relations among adolescents

Intraindividual Variability in Adolescents’ Perceived Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Daily Conflict

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