Marital Conflict Management of Married Men and Women

Abstract This study aimed to investigate constructive and destructive conflict resolution strategies used by married women and men, as well as the association of these strategies with sociodemographic and relationship variables. Participants were 750 heterosexual couples living in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who answered the Conflict Resolution Behavior Questionnaire - CRBQ and 16 questions about sociodemographic data and relationship characteristics. Variance and correlation analyses were conducted in order to verify the differences and associations between the study variables. The “compromise” conflict resolution strategy was used more by men compared to women, and women used the “attack” strategy more often when compared to men. For both, religiosity was correlated with constructive strategies, whereas having children was associated with destructive strategies. Considering these findings, the aspects that can favor constructive management of conflicts by spouses are discussed.

摘要 本研究旨在探究已婚男女所采用的建设性与破坏性冲突解决策略，并考察这些策略与社会人口学及婚恋关系变量之间的关联。本研究纳入750对居住于巴西南里奥格兰德州（Rio Grande do Sul）的异性恋伴侣作为研究对象，所有参与者均完成了《冲突解决行为问卷（Conflict Resolution Behavior Questionnaire, CRBQ）》，并填写了涵盖社会人口学数据与婚恋关系特征的16道题目。本研究采用方差分析与相关分析，以验证各研究变量间的差异与关联。数据分析结果显示，相较于女性，男性更倾向于使用“妥协”型冲突解决策略；而女性相较男性则更频繁地采用“攻击”策略。对于两性而言，宗教虔诚度均与建设性冲突解决策略呈正相关，而育有子女则与破坏性冲突解决策略存在关联。基于上述研究发现，本文讨论了有助于配偶双方建设性处理婚恋冲突的相关影响因素。