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Correlates of the Perceived Resolvability and Relational Consequences of Serial Arguing in Dating Relationships: Argumentative Features and the Use of Coping Strategies

Kristen Linnea Johnson

Andersen Consulting

Michael E. Roloff

Northwestern University, m-roloff{at}northwestem.edu

Sometimes partners do not resolve an argument in a single episode and engage each other in serial arguing as they repeatedly confront one another over the problem. This study concerns how features of argumentative episodes and coping strategies enacted between episodes are related to perceived resolvability and relational quality. A survey of undergraduates in dating relationships indicated that engaging in relationally confirming behavior during argumentative episodes and making optimistic relational comparisons between episodes were positively related to perceived resolvability and negatively related to relational harm arising from arguing. Although other argumentative features and coping strategies were sometimes related to resolvability and relational harm, relational confirmation and optimistic comparisons were more strongly associated with both.

Key Words: coping strategies • dating • interpersonal conflict • serial arguing

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 17, No. 4-5, 676-686 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500174011
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