Reconciliation in human adults: a video-assisted naturalistic observational study of post conflict conciliatory behaviour in interpersonal aggression

Abstract Reconciliation is an aspect of conflict resolution, with similar behavioural patterns documented in non-human primates, human children, and adults non-Western, non-industrialized cultures. amongst industrialized societies has rarely been studied. We observed naturally occurring conflicts between adults, captured by public security cameras England. was found one-quarter all more prevalent milder conflicts. typically occurred spontaneously opponents — within friendship groups across stranger groups. also appeared to be stimulated peers, law enforcement, or shared objects. In some instances, reconciliation extended beyond the initial dyad toward victimized third-party peacemakers. These findings add growing cross-cultural cross-species evidence demonstrating presence function post-conflict reconciliation. extend repertoire reconciliatory behaviour introduce five common features that are central study adult peacemaking.