{"id":3427,"date":"2015-06-02T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T05:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2015-06-02T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T05:21:04","slug":"an-exploratory-study-on-handling-interpersonal-disputes-among-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=3427","title":{"rendered":"An Exploratory Study on Handling Interpersonal Disputes among Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ping-Yin Kuan<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Sociology\u00a0Fu Jen Catholic University<\/p>\n

This paper reports an exploratory study on how young people handle their interpersonal disputes. The study is guided by the theoretical perspectives developed by Donald Black and Allan Horwitz and psychological researches on the development of adolescence. According to Black\u2019s or Horwitz\u2019s approach, interpersonal disputes can be handled unilaterally, bilaterally, or trilaterally. The nature of the structure of social relationship such as the degree of intimacy or social status will affect which type of resolution methods adopted to handle interpersonal conflicts. The psychological researches on adolescent\u2019s development have found that the process of biological, cognitive, moral development and the formation of self-concept of young people have impacts on how they will deal with situations of interpersonal conflicts. Several research hypotheses were tested by the data of a survey of 107 students selected from a middle school, a high school, and correctional institutions. Major findings are\uff1a(1) Inaction, which includes tolerance and avoidance, is the most frequently used method by young people to handle interpersonal disputes if the other party has close relationship with them or has a higher status. However, if the other party is their classmate or friend, young people also tend to use various bilateral methods to deal with the interpersonal conflicts. (2) Young people tend to use one type of resolution methods in handling various kinds of interpersonal disputes. (3) Males tend to use inaction more to resolve conflicts with their parents or teachers. (4) The social relationship of young people in one particular realm of their lives, such as school, family or peers, will affect the methods adopted to resolve conflicts in the other realms.<\/p>\n

Keywords: youth, social control, interpersonal disputes, conflict resolution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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