Definition
The
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (2012), the
term
‘conflict’
“conflict”
has Latin
roots (Conflict, 2012).
roots.
Dating back
...
be in
conflict (Conflict, 2012).
conflict.
The psychological
...
Folger, Poole,
&
and
Stutman (1997)
define
defined
conflict as
...
the center
of the study
of conflict.
Canary, Cupach,
&
and
Messman (1995)
...
Roloff, Putnam,
&
and
Anastasiou (2003)
Historical Overview
Putnam (2006)
provides
provided
a rich
...
research within
the field of communication.
communication scholarships.
In short,
In Interpersonal Communication Research
Communication scholars often turn to Social Exchange Theory (Kelley & Thibaut, 1978), Attribution Theory (Fincham, Bradbury, & Scott, 1990), Systems Theory (Huston, 2000) and the Chilling Effect Framework (Roloff & Cloven, 1990) to understand conflict. Models of conflict, such as the Process Model (Cupach & Canary, 2000), seek to help scholars better understand conflict as a process. From a relational slant, the Relational Turbulence Model (Solomon & Knobloch, 2001), the Personal-Relational Equilibrium Model (Kumashiro, Rusbult, & Finkle, 2008) and the Relational Escalation Approach (Cunningham, Shamblen, Barbee, & Ault, 2005) allow for a focus on conflict arising from relational dynamics.
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& Soule,
2002)
2002),
to name a few.
Interpersonal communication research about conflict foregrounds how conflict is managed through communication processes. Blake and Mouton (1964) posited a framework of conflict styles that involves competing, collaborating/integrating, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding. Alternatively, depending on message directness (i.e., engagement vs. avoidance) and message valence (i.e., positive/negative vs. face-attaching/face-honoring ), van de Vliert and Euwema (1994) proposed a four-category conceptualization of conflict strategies: negotiation, nonconfrontation, direct fighting, and indirect fighting. Scholars have also stressed that communication during conflict consisted of a sequence of responses, and due to “conflict patterns” formed in a relationship over time, responses could be highly predictable (Raush, Barry, Hertel, & Swain, 1974). In particular, two conflict patterns are examined extensively by communication scholars. First, negative reciprocity refers to exchange of negativity during conflicting situations (Caughlin, Vangelisti, & Mikucki-Enyart, 2013). Second, demand/withdraw pattern occurs when one person nags, complains, demands, but the other person avoids or disengages (Caughlin et al., 2013).
In terms
...
research consistently
links
shows associations between communication during
conflict and
...
an argument
predict
predicted
relational dissolution. Further,
Caughlin & Vangelisti (2006) related conflict
Conflict
behavior and
...
dating and
marriage
married
relationships
may be related
to various relational
outcomes like dissatisfaction
outcomes, includingdissatisfaction
and
dissolution. Another line of
dissolution (Caughlin & Vangelisti, 2006). Additional
research indicates that
people in different
marital and family types
differ in the ways they
manage
conflict.
conflict in different ways.
For example,
...
conformity orientation
tend
tended
to avoid
conflict
conflict,
whereas families
...
tied conflict
patterns
to several
...
example, Caughlin
&
and
Malis (2004)
...
Similarly, Shimkowski
&
and
Schrodt (2012)
found
reported
that co-parental
...
outcomes, scholars
like
(e.g.,
Donohue &
Kolt (1992)
Kolt,1992)
have identified
...
skills that
often do have
are effective to facilitate
positive relational outcomes.
Kimberly B. Pusateri (August 2012).
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