Intimacy and Disputing Styles Within Kin and Nonkin Relationships
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Family Issues
- Vol. 3 (3) , 361-374
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019251382003003006
Abstract
Many theorists of family conflict have suggested that the more intimate a relationship is, the more intense conflict will be within that relationship. This hypothesis was tested in a survey of modal disputing styles within 14 kin and 12 non-kin relationships. A total of 455 subjects reported their modal disputing styles, their intimacy, and their frequency of contact within these relationships. As hypothesized, reported intimacy did correlate with more extreme disputing styles.Keywords
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