Semiotic silence: Its use as a conflictmanagement strategy in intimate relationships

Oduro-Frimpong, Joseph

doi:10.1515/sem.2007.080

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“…In discussing the strategies of conflict management, Horney (1945) corresponds that human behavior reflects one of three orientations: moving towards others, moving against others, or moving away from others (cited in Canary, Cupach & Messman, 1995). For example, a study by Oduro-Frimpong (2007) in conflict management strategy discovers participants' experiences the usage of silence in resolving conflicts with their spouses. Communication skills and conflict tactics are critical in maintaining a healthy marriage.…”

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Conflict Management among Malay Married Couples: An Analysis on Their Strategies & Tactics

Abdullah¹,

Hassan²,

Harun³

et al. 2017

ASS

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The purpose of this study is to explore the strategies and tactics used in conflict management and analyze their effectiveness based on quantitative methodology. Probability sampling of 300 respondents in Selangor, Malaysia consisting of Malay married couples were selected using cluster sampling. The findings showed that the strategies were competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding and accommodating. In average, around 80 percent of Malay married couples chose collaborating strategy whereas competing was less popular. However, the most popular tactic among the respondents is trying to do what is necessary to avoid tension which is under the avoiding strategy. Two-way communication and compromise were seen to be the essence in keeping longevity and success in marriage. The study revealed that there was a change in conflict management among Malay married couples which can be related to the economic development of society, technological advances, political scenarios and the influx of foreign culture. Nonetheless, along with the changes in Malaysia's economic system, modern Malay couples are more open-minded. Therefore, couples in this study tend to see conflicts as problems that need to be solved, wanting quality decisions that truly resolve the issues. They believe in the power of consensus and in sharing of information and achieving understanding with one another.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Conflict Management among Malay Married Couples: An Analysis on Their Strategies & Tactics

Abdullah¹,

Hassan²,

Harun³

et al. 2017

ASS

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“…Some specific strategies family members utilize to complain their spouse or siblings in Québec community are identified as follows: 1) allusion to an offensive act/behavior; 2) justification of discontent; 3) request that the complainee justify his or her act/behavior; 4) mentioning the offensive act; 5) requesting a change in behavior; 6) adverse criticism of the hearer (Laforest, 2002). In addition to these verbal strategies, non-verbal ones such as silence (Saunders, 1985;Tannen, 1990;Oduro-Frimpong, 2007, 2011 and violent visual signals (Lee, 2008) are also employed to make complaints and accusations.…”

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Criticizing as a Measurement of the Power Relations within Chinese Working Couples

Xiao-li¹,

Wu²

2016

OJML

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This study inquires into Chinese working couples' (both the husband and the wife have a paid job) marital power relations manifested in their use of face-threatening utterances in family situations. A quantitative approach is adopted and the data come from 4 commonly-accepted "realistic" Chinese TV dramas committed to contemporary Chinese working couple's family life. First, we identify the strategies character couples utilize to criticize their spouse and also those they use to respond to spousal criticisms, and categorize them into different types according to their face-threatening intensity. Then the differences between husbands and wives in their use of these different types of strategies (in both making and responding to criticisms) are compared quantitatively. An analysis of these differences indicates that while no significant power differences are found in their ways to criticize their spouse, working wives demonstrate more power than working husbands in responding to the criticisms from their spouse. Overall, Chinese working wives have the same or even more marital power in conjugal relationship. This finding mirrors what has been proved in other research fields, that is, women's marital power has been generally enhanced since the foundation of New China in 1949. In addition, we also find that working husbands are more inclined to avoid the criticisms from their wife and thus the involvement into marital confrontation, which reflects and verifies traditional Chinese stereotypes and expectations on men that they should be more generous and tolerant than women.

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“…Inter-ethnic relationships are usually associated with communication challenges because of linguistic disparities, according to Oduro-Frimpong (Oduro-Frimpong, 2007). For instance, English is frequently used in Ghanaian communities as a form of communication.…”

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Perceived impacts of acceptance, conversation and inheritance issues on relationships happiness among couples in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Bentil

Boye

Eyiah-Bediako

et al. 2023

ASSHJ

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Conversation either verbal or non-verbal is an important aspect of a marital relationship that brings about marital happiness. This study sought to investigate the impacts of acceptance, lack of conversation and inheritance issues on relationship happiness among inter-and-intra ethnic relationships in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The researchers used descriptive research survey design. The study employed a qualitative research approach. The data for the study were gathered from inter-and-intra ethnic spouses who are above 20 years of age, have been married for 2 years to 60 years and with an academic background of Junior High School (JHS) and above. Ten (10) couples were used for the study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the couples from the accessible population. Interviews were used to gather the data. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Major findings of the study revealed that couples in inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic relationships were not happy with respect to their children inheriting their parents. It was therefore, recommended that couples in inter- and intra- ethnic relationships should be schooled to prepare a Will whiles living with the assistance of religious leaders and counsellors. Further, properties acquired during their relationship should be recorded in the names of their children to prevent uncertainty and conflicts after they are dead when the state employs the implementation of PNDC Law 111, 1985 of Ghana. It was also found out that, couples in both inter- and intra-ethnic relationships chose a common medium of expression. It is recommended that, couples from different backgrounds should use a common language for better understanding and to do away with suspicions in the relationships to bring about marital happiness.

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Semiotic silence: Its use as a conflictmanagement strategy in intimate relationships

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Conflict Management among Malay Married Couples: An Analysis on Their Strategies & Tactics

Conflict Management among Malay Married Couples: An Analysis on Their Strategies & Tactics

Criticizing as a Measurement of the Power Relations within Chinese Working Couples

Perceived impacts of acceptance, conversation and inheritance issues on relationships happiness among couples in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

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