Memories of Peer Relations and Styles of Conflict Management

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Abstract
Memories of peer acceptance are investigated among young adults in relation to their imagined styles of conflict management. In an initial pilot study, college students provided accounts of their childhood and adolescent peer relations. They also wrote responses to a series of interpersonal conflict situations. Scales for estimating peer memories and conflict responses were developed from their responses. These instruments were used to test preliminary findings thhhhat assertive styles are associated with positive memories and acquiescent styles with negative ones. Evidence from a second pilot and follow-up study supported both propositions. The final peer relations memory scale and its subscales were shown to have respectable internal reliability and to predict self-consciousness as well as conflict response scores.

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