The Importance Of Interpersonal Conflict

Interpersonal conflict occurs in interactions where there are real or perceived incompatible goals, scarce resources, or opposing viewpoints. Interpersonal conflict may be expressed verbally or nonverbally along a continuum ranging from a nearly imperceptible cold shoulder to a very obvious blowout.
Conflict is an inevitable part of close relationships and can take a negative emotional toll. It takes effort to ignore someone or be passive aggressive, and the anger or guilt we may feel after blowing up at someone is valid negative feelings. However, conflict is not always negative or unproductive. In fact, numerous research studies have shown that quantity of conflict in a relationship is not as important as how the conflict is handled. Improving one’s competence in dealing with conflict can yield positive effects in the real world. Because conflict is present in people’s personal and professional lives, the ability to manage conflict and negotiate desirable outcomes can help us be more successful at both.
Although the word conflict has a negative connotation, conflict often helps individuals solve problems and help relationships develop and move forward. According to Wilmot and Hocker families deal with conflict in one of three ways; they either avoid conflict, discuss conflict in a collaborative manner, or they’re

Honesty, my middle brother, Darrell, and I attempted to avoid this conflict. The parties that were involved within this conflict were my mother, Faye, brothers, Gary, and Andrew as well as Andrew’s best friends, Johnathan and Maurice. The conflict arose when my mother received an alarming phone call from my brother, Andrew’s best friend informing my mother that they were extremely worried about Andrew’s wellbeing at Jackson State University, because Andrew had been using marijuana almost every