Individuals of various ages may react in different ways when they are upset with their social partners. This study examines age group differences in descriptions of behavioral reactions to interpersonal tensions. Participants ages 13 to 99 (84 men, 100 women) described interpersonal tensions that occurred with close and problematic social network members. Descriptions were coded with Rusbult's ...

To advance understanding of conflict in families, responses to interpersonal transgressions were obtained from the perspective of the victim (transgression-related interpersonal motivations [TRIMs]) and transgressor (perceived transgression-related interpersonal motivations [PTRIMs]) in a sample of Indian families (N= 101). Mother, father, and a 12to 14-year-old daughter indicated how he or she...

There are Various motives that some of them can help to resolving interpersonal conflicts and others may prevent its resolve. According to the regulation style theory, the motivation for change, i.e. the desire to come out of the current state of conflict, can help to conflict resolution, but there is an opposite motivation, one that prevents the resolution of the conflict, and it is the motiva...

Growing evidence supports the biological sensitivity to context theory, which posits that physiologically reactive children, as indexed by autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity to laboratory stressors, are more susceptible to both negative and positive environmental influences than their low reactive peers. High biological sensitivity is a risk factor for behavioral and health problems in t...

This 1-year ethnographic research, situated in a conflict, social construction, and social ecological theoretical framework, utilized the Hymes’ S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. model and field notes to document the verbal and nonverbal conflict discourse, as well as the presence of Dinka cultural attributes, within four specific social contexts: home, church, community meetings, and memorial services. Emergin...

BACKGROUND Attempted or non-fatal self-poisoning is common in Sri Lanka. To date, most preventive strategies have focused on limitation of access to toxic pesticides, which has reduced the rates of fatal self-poisoning. However the ongoing phenomenon of non-fatal self-poisoning indicates the need for exploration of alternate preventive strategies. Self-poisoning in Sri Lanka has been described ...

Purpose This paper aims to examine how interpersonal conflict at work might enhance employees’ propensity engage in counterproductive behavior (CWB), as well this relationship be attenuated by emotional intelligence. It also considers the attenuating role of intelligence depend on gender. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 193 employees working different organizations P...