Communicating Interpersonal Conflict in Close Relationships

Table of Contents * Communicating conflict in close relationships: A call to action Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia Part I: Conflict Processes * The Physiology of Conflict and Aggression Lindsey S. Aloia & Denise Haunani Solomon, The Pennsylvania State University * How goals of serial arguing are related to forms of demand withdraw and personal/relational outcomes Michael Roloff, Northwestern University, Courtney Waite Miller, Elmhust College, & Rachel S. Malis, Bradley University * Are we in this together?: Dynamic goal pursuit during conflict Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia Part II: Defining Serial Arguments * Serial arguments in interpersonal relationships: Public versus personal arguments Amy Janan Johnson, University of Oklahoma and Ioana Cionea, University of Oklahoma * Serial Arguments in Non-undergraduate Samples Jennifer Bevan, Chapman University & Lisa Sparks, Chapman University Part III. Power and Conflict in Close Relationships * Power in Close Relationships: A Dyadic Power Theory Perspective Norah E. Dunbar, University of Oklahoma & Gordon Abra, University of Oklahoma * Complaint Expression in Close Relationships: A Dependence Power Perspective Timothy R. Worley, Murray State University & Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia Part IV. Avoidance during Conflict * Avoidance as a Functional Conflict Behavior John Caughlin, University of Illinois, and co-authors TBD * Communication with Heterosexual Partners about Sexual Discrepancies: Conflict Avoidance, De-escalation Strategies, Facilitators to Conversation Lynne Webb, University of Arkansas, and co-authors, TBD Part V. Family Conflict * Interparental conflict in divorced and non-divorced families Tamara Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sam Coveleski, Sharde Davis, and Anne Merrill, University of California, Santa Barbara. * Worth fighting for: The causes, correlates, and consequences of avoiding versus enacting domestic labor conflict Kendra Knight, Christopher Newport University & Jess K. Alberts, Arizona State University * Conflict within Marriage and the Family: Implications for Mental Health Chris Segrin, University of Arizona Part VI. Forgiveness as Part of Interpersonal Conflict * Forgiveness following conflict: Repairing relationships through Communication Andrew Merolla, Baldwin Wallace University * Motives, types, and outcomes of forgiveness granting communication: The case of conditional forgiveness Vincent Waldron, Arizona State University Part VII: Conclusions * Moving forward with methods of capturing interpersonal conflict Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia