Attracted to Conflict: Dynamic Foundations of Destructive Social Relations - ReadingSample

Envy in the process of development: Implications for social relations and conflict

Issues of conflict and peace have attracted much attention from economists. Among other factors, control over natural resources, inequality, political regime, and ethno-linguistic fragmentation have been examined as possible determinants of violent conflict, including civil wars. Culture—broadly defined as values, preferences, norms, and beliefs prevalent in a society—has recently come to the f...

Two Important but Neglected Ideas for Social Psychology as They Relate to Social Justice

I. Deutsch's Crude Law of Social Relations Many years ago, my students and I were doing research to answer the question: What are the factors which determine whether a conflict will take a constructive or destructive course? (See Deutsch, 1973, for a summary and discussion of this research) After much research, a major simplifying idea occurred to me which I labeled Deutsch's Crude Law o/Social...

بررسی منابع ایجاد تعارض بین پزشکان و پرستاران در بیمارستان های شهر اردبیل

Background: In the hospital setting, the potential for conflict is considerably high, because of the frequent and complicated interactions among nurses, physicians and other medical team staff and also the variety of their roles. With regards to the destructive conflict between physician and nurse which can negatively impact on the quality of health care delivery, this study aimed to investigat...

Concurrent Programming: Algorithms, Principles, and Foundations - ReadingSample

Marital relationship, parenting practices, and social skills development in preschool children

BACKGROUND This study examined the pathways by which destructive and constructive marital conflict leading to social skills development in preschool children, are mediated through negative and positive parenting practices. METHODS Mothers of 2931 Japanese children, aged 5-6 years, completed self-report questionnaires regarding their marital relationship (the Quality of co-parental communicati...