Conflict during adolescence: exploring affect and regulation as predictors of conflict
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Date
2013
Authors
Donegani, Colin G.
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Mount Saint Vincent University
Abstract
This study investigated the correlations between affect and regulation to see if they act as viable
predictors of how adolescent students (ages 12-15) approach conflict and handle conflict
resolution. Affect, in this study, is composed of positive affect and negative affect, as outlined by
Watson and Tellegen (1988). This study examined regulation through two component factors:
attention and inhibitory control. Three different scales—and their subscales—were used to
measure these factors. Statistical analysis of the data included T-tests, Pearson correlations, and
multiple regressions. Results are discussed in terms of statistical correlations to conflict and
showed affect had strong statistical significance in how adolescents approached conflict, whereas
regulation did not have the same statistical weight. Results were interpreted through the use of
current research in the fields of conflict, affect, and regulation.
Keywords: conflict, conflict resolution, affect, negative affect, positive affect, regulation,
attention, inhibitory control, correlation
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conflict , conflict resolution , inhibitory control