Changes in adolescents' conflict responses associated with consecutive presentation of hypothetical conflict situations

The advantages of using hypothetical situations are one reason they have been widely used to examine adolescents' responses to conflict situations. One frequently used research protocol involves presenting several conflict scenarios to participants during a single session. However, in real-life...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2001-10, Vol.24 (5), p.647-655
Main Authors: JOHNSON, H.DURELL, LAVOIE, JOSEPH C., EGGENBURG, ERIN, MAHONEY, MOLLY A., POUNDS, LEA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Adult
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition. Intelligence
Conflict (Psychology)
Conflict Resolution
Context Effect
Developmental psychology
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Performance Factors
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Reasoning. Problem solving
Response bias
Situational constraints
Situational Tests
Social Behavior
Social Cognition
Teenagers
Trend Analysis
Trends
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Summary:The advantages of using hypothetical situations are one reason they have been widely used to examine adolescents' responses to conflict situations. One frequently used research protocol involves presenting several conflict scenarios to participants during a single session. However, in real-life situations multiple conflicts rarely occur within short periods of time, and the nature of this presentation may be associated with changes in adolescents' reports of conflict behaviors. Trend analyses of emotional, conflict goal, and conflict tactic responses from grade 8, 10, 12, and college students to consecutively presented conflict situations showed that responses were associated with presentation of the hypothetical situations. Findings revealed an increase in reports of assertive conflict behaviors and a decrease in reports of constructive conflict behaviors with successive situation presentation. Results from the current study suggest that researchers must consider trends in responses when examining findings from successive situation presentation methodologies because adolescent reports of conflict behavior may change as situation presentation proceeds.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1006/jado.2001.0425