This study examined the link between conflict resolution styles (conflict engagement, withdrawal, and compliance) and each spouse's marital satisfaction for 155 couples. Overall, husbands' marital satisfaction was more frequently affected by how their wives resolved conflicts than wives' marital satisfaction was affected by how their husbands…

The concept of commitment needs to be clarified to understand how nurses manage their multiple commitments: organizational, work, professional, job, patient, and personal. (SK)

Identifies several objectives of a student-assistance program that can aid students who wish to keep the group intact and those who wish to withdraw because of personal growth or changes in preferences. Seven consecutive group sessions are outlined in detail, and follow-up procedures are discussed. (NB)

Examines assumptions about groups from three perspectives: restructured nondirected interaction, exploration of reasons for group membership, and discussion of group roles. Compares facilitation and leadership and illustrates ways to be a good facilitator. (SK)

Studied 73 couples twice 4 years apart. Proposed typology of five groups of couples (validators, volatiles, avoiders, hostile, and hostile/detached) based on observational data of Time 1 resolution of conflict, specific affects, and affect sequences. Over four years, groups differed significantly in serious consideration of divorce and in…

Ponders the definition of "composition research." Discusses research, inquiry paradigms, teacher research, meta-analysis, and other forms. Debates whether, from an agonistic standpoint, the conflicting meanings of composition research can be reduced to competing ways of knowing or competing modes of inquiry. (PRA)

Examines fundamental conflict between goal of social work system to protect and treat child and goal of criminal justice system to fairly prosecute defendant. Reviews most recent scientific studies regarding suggestibility and credibility of children as witnesses. Analyzes legal and strategic issues surrounding videotaped testimony of children.…

Suggests that training professionals should nurture conflict among team members because disagreement is a healthy part of the collaborative process. Offers ways to encourage good disputes through respect for individuals and their differences, rewards for good behavior, well-equipped employees, and individualized training as necessary. (JOW)

The Bristol (England) Festival against Racism illustrates the value of personal contacts and informal networking in developing community coalitions. The project resulted in a 12-step model for conflict resolution. (SK)

Investigated descriptive statistics for and factor validity of scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) (M. Straus, 1979) based on the responses of 295 high-risk postpartum women. Results are similar to those obtained from a sample of college students in a previous study and support a five-factor model. (SLD)

Focuses on whether women and men have different perceptions about when simultaneous talk becomes interruptive. Asks participants to judge whether 20 overlaps are interruptive when presented with a conflictive interview between a high-power female and a low-power male. Suggests that verbal aggressiveness is a better predictor of recognition of…

Since the 1980s, community development in Australia has become professionalized and operates in a milieu of deregulation and privatization. Development workers struggle with questions of integrity and compromise and the contradictory pulls of modernism and postmodernism. (SK)

Examines 53 collaborations in physics and related sciences with two unexpected findings: (1) trust is no higher in projects formed through pre-existing relationships than those without such ties; and (2) there is no relationship between trust and performance. Concludes that more important than trust for an understanding of large scientific…

A study of 160 hospital employees with partners and/or children showed that work-family conflict was significantly related to global and composite job satisfaction. Behavior-based conflict was significantly related to job satisfaction; strain-based and time-based conflicts were not. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

This national survey examined the job satisfaction of 228 home health social workers in the restrictive reimbursement environment of the Medicare interim payment system. Administrators' helpfulness in resolving ethical conflicts between patient access to services and agency financial priorities contributed significantly to greater satisfaction in…