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Styles of handling interpersonal conflict in various social interactions

The questionnaire of styles of handling interpersonal conflicts in two different types of social interaction with a marital partner and with a colleague at work was presented to a sample of 307 employed subjects. The results obtained show a certain level of stability in handling interpersonal conflicts in both types of interactions. In the interaction with partner, integrating proved to be the most frequently used style followed by obliging, avoiding and dominating, while in the interaction with a colleague the order is reversed for avoiding and obliging. Furthermore, avoiding is significantly more frequently used in interaction with a colleague than with a partner, while for the other styles no differences were found among referential roles investigated. The differences obtained in the use of various styles for handling interpersonal conflicts with regard to gender, age and educational level of subjects are discussed.

conflict handling styles; interpersonal conflict; partner; co-worker

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