Parent - adolescent conflict style and conflict outcome: Age and gender differences
The present paper focuses on age and gender differences in parent - adolescent conflict styles (compromise and aggressive) and conflict outcomes (frustration, escalation and intimacy). Data were gathered by the Slovenian version of the ‘When we disagree’ scale, which was completed by 514...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Drustvo Psihologa Srbije
2016-01-01
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Series: | Psihologija |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2016/0048-57051603245C.pdf |
Summary: | The present paper focuses on age and gender differences in parent -
adolescent conflict styles (compromise and aggressive) and conflict outcomes
(frustration, escalation and intimacy). Data were gathered by the Slovenian
version of the ‘When we disagree’ scale, which was completed by 514
adolescents (54% female; 14 - 19 years old, split into two age groups).
Results revealed significant differences between the adolescents’ perceptions
of their own conflict style, and their mother/father conflict styles. Mothers
were more often perceived to have either more aggressive or more compromising
conflict styles in comparison to adolescents’ own stiles or fathers’ styles.
Analyzing adolescents’ age differences, middle aged adolescents reported
higher level of mother’s aggressiveness, higher levels of frustration and
escalation in conflicts with mothers, as well as higher frustration in
conflicts with fathers in comparison to their younger peers. Gender
differences in style and outcome of conflicts revealed a more complex
pattern: girls exhibited more compromising conflict style with mother and
more aggressive conflict style with fathers than boys; there were no gender
differences in parent - adolescent conflict outcomes. The established
differences could inform policies, and help tailoring conflict resolution
programs for this specific age group. |
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ISSN: | 0048-5705 1451-9283 |