Conflict Resolution in Mexican American Adolescents' Friendships: Links with Culture, Gender and Friendship Quality

Autor/inn/en	Thayer, Shawna M.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Delgado, Melissa Y.
Titel	Conflict Resolution in Mexican American Adolescents' Friendships: Links with Culture, Gender and Friendship Quality
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 7, S.783-797 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9253-8
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Mexican Americans; Cultural Influences; Social Values; Correlation; Gender Differences; Family Influence; Personality Traits; Intimacy; Friendship; Adolescents; Conflict Resolution + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Hispanoamerikaner; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Wert; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Intimität; Freundschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung
Abstract	This study was designed to describe the conflict resolution practices used in Mexican American adolescents' friendships, to explore the role of cultural orientations and values and gender-typed personality qualities in conflict resolution use, and to assess the connections between conflict resolution and friendship quality. Participants were 246 Mexican American adolescents (M = 12.77 years of age) and their older siblings (M = 15.70 years of age). Results indicated that adolescents used solution-oriented strategies most frequently, followed by nonconfrontation and control strategies. Girls were more likely than boys to use solution-oriented strategies and less likely to use control strategies. Familistic values and gender-typed personality qualities were associated with solution-oriented conflict resolution strategies. Finally, conflict resolution strategies were related to overall friendship quality: solution-oriented strategies were positively linked to intimacy and negatively associated with friendship negativity, whereas nonconfrontation and control strategies were associated with greater relationship negativity. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10