abstract background: the role of psychological factors in peptic ulcer disease (pud) and functional dyspepsia (fd) has not been clearly determined. in this study the role of conflict management styles, psychiatric symptoms, and alexithymia were assessed in patients with pud and fd and in the healthy individuals. methods: ninety subjects [30pud (15 women, 15 men), 30 fd (15 women, 15 men), and 3...

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Two distinct concerns seem apparent in conflict management strategies, one reflecting real-time decision-making and the other constrained deliberation. This paper attempts to provide more detail concerning our experiments in this area and provide a more unified model of conflict resolution as the management of resources in constrained environments. This paper is structured in the following mann...

Achieving peace and building the institutions that will make it last require much time and e¤ort on the part of adversaries. While making this e¤ort, the likelihood of peace is uncertain and preparations forcon‡ict are on-going. We examine a setting that takes such considerations into account. Adversaries divide their resources between “guns,”“butter,” and investments in con‡ict management. Eve...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that conflict management styles play in the relationship between interpersonal conflict and workplace bullying. Design/methodology/approach – A survey study was conducted among 761 employees from different organizations in Spain. Findings – Results suggest that an escalation of the conflict process from task related to relationship conf...

Different cultures employ different conflict styles. Drawing on the dual concern model, this study investigated the differences and similarities in Canadian and Chinese conflict management styles using student samples on multiple negotiation simulations. Results show that both Canadian students and Chinese students prefer compromising and avoiding styles. Moreover, the Chinese are more likely t...