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Training Students in Conflict Resolution Skills

McFarland, W.P. & Culp, W.H. (1991). Interpersonal skill training for effective conflict resolution. The School Counselor, 39, 304-310.

The authors cited several studies showing that high school students are confronted by a variety of problems which could be better handled through development of interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills. Based on this need and a review of findings in the conflict resolution literature, they developed and tested a program designed to train students in these two skill areas. The efficacy of the development program was tested by comparing a group of training students with a group of non-trained students on an organizational conflict instrument. This instrument measured: (1) degree of direct communication about disagreement (control behavior); (2) degree of withdrawal or avoidance of conflict (nonconfrontation behavior); and (3) degree to which one attempts, through direct communication, to reach a solution that integrates the needs of both parties (solution-oriented behavior).

Findings indicated that: (1) trained female students evidenced more nonconfrontational behavior than non-trained female students; and (2) regardless of training, females reported more solution-oriented behaviors than males. Based on findings, it was concluded that trained females had not developed skills to the point where differences occurred in their OCCI responses; and (2) males, in general, require more development/training of solution-oriented strategies than do females. The authors felt that had students been exposed to the program for longer periods of time, findings might have shown significant differences in the direction of training efficacy.

The primary problem with the study is the authors' failure to address the fact that findings may have been due to the fact that the developed program was ineffectively designed and/or methodological artifact. Review of the article shows that both of these possibilit...

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