Conflict Strategies and Intimacy: Variations by Romantic Relationship Development and Gender
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Hurley, Lisa
Reese-Weber, Marla
Abstract / Description
The purpose of the present study was to examine how relationship duration was related to conflict strategies and levels of intimacy in romantic relationships and how that might vary by gender. Participants completed self-report measures to assess perceived levels of reciprocal intimacy and reported uses of positive and negative conflict strategies. Results found an inverted U-shaped pattern for negative conflict strategies and a linear increase in levels of intimacy with duration. No differences were found for positive conflict strategies with duration. Gender differences were found for levels of intimacy, with women reporting higher levels of relationship intimacy as compared to men regardless of relationship duration; but, no gender differences were found for either positive or negative conflict strategies. Future research in this area should replicate these findings to further support the importance of romantic relationship development in examining relationship qualities such as conflict strategies and intimacy.
Keyword(s)
romantic relationships dating emerging adulthood conflict intimacy durationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2012-12-19
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
6
Issue
2
Page numbers
200–210
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
Is version of
Citation
Hurley, L., & Reese-Weber, M. (2012). Conflict Strategies and Intimacy: Variations by Romantic Relationship Development and Gender. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 6(2), 200–210. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v6i2.101
-
ijpr.v6i2.101.pdfAdobe PDF - 610.19KBMD5: c4f29536331758375edf749fbfabbb56
-
There are no other versions of this object.
-
Author(s) / Creator(s)Hurley, Lisa
-
Author(s) / Creator(s)Reese-Weber, Marla
-
PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2018-12-05T08:44:26Z
-
Made available on2018-12-05T08:44:26Z
-
Date of first publication2012-12-19
-
Abstract / DescriptionThe purpose of the present study was to examine how relationship duration was related to conflict strategies and levels of intimacy in romantic relationships and how that might vary by gender. Participants completed self-report measures to assess perceived levels of reciprocal intimacy and reported uses of positive and negative conflict strategies. Results found an inverted U-shaped pattern for negative conflict strategies and a linear increase in levels of intimacy with duration. No differences were found for positive conflict strategies with duration. Gender differences were found for levels of intimacy, with women reporting higher levels of relationship intimacy as compared to men regardless of relationship duration; but, no gender differences were found for either positive or negative conflict strategies. Future research in this area should replicate these findings to further support the importance of romantic relationship development in examining relationship qualities such as conflict strategies and intimacy.en_US
-
Publication statuspublishedVersion
-
Review statuspeerReviewed
-
CitationHurley, L., & Reese-Weber, M. (2012). Conflict Strategies and Intimacy: Variations by Romantic Relationship Development and Gender. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 6(2), 200–210. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v6i2.101en_US
-
ISSN1981-6472
-
Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1784
-
Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2150
-
Language of contenteng
-
PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
-
Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v6i2.101
-
Keyword(s)romantic relationshipsen_US
-
Keyword(s)datingen_US
-
Keyword(s)emerging adulthooden_US
-
Keyword(s)conflicten_US
-
Keyword(s)intimacyen_US
-
Keyword(s)durationen_US
-
Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
-
TitleConflict Strategies and Intimacy: Variations by Romantic Relationship Development and Genderen_US
-
DRO typearticle
-
Issue2
-
Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
-
Page numbers200–210
-
Volume6
-
Visible tag(s)Version of Record