A MEASURE OF STYLES OF HANDLING INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT.

TLDR

The study examines different styles of handling interpersonal conflict. The authors aimed to validate the newly developed scales against role status and sex. Seven non‑random samples were used to generate and select items for measuring conflict styles. Five reliable, factorially independent conflict‑style scales were constructed, and their test‑retest and internal consistency reliabilities were satisfactory and superior to existing instruments.

Abstract

The article discusses a research on various styles of handling interpersonal conflict. For the measurement of conflict styles, seven non-random samples were used to generate and select suitable items. Five factorially independent and reliable scales for conflict styles from a national sample were constructed. These were used to test further validities of the scales against the measures of role status and sex. Results indicated that the test-retest and internal consistency reliability coefficients are satisfactory and compare favorably with other existing instruments.