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Regina was dangling Aaron in front of me on purpose
I knew how this would be settled in the animal world
*wild animal noises*
Should have listened to Becca
oh, so its my fault?
that's not what I'm saying
no no no, that's what you're all thinking isn't it?
*girls arguing*
SUPERSTAR
I wouldn't say superstar anymore
because some people might say that you super suck
narrator: the story of a nobody
don't listen to the names people call you
mom! can you pick me up?
I'm scared!
Janis Ian ***
haha that's original
Too gay to function!??
Hey! That's only okay when I say it
Did you write this?
no! I swear
Then you told somebody!
she told!
what's your problem?
you really wanna know what my problem is?
noo, that was a rhetorical question
i dont want to know anything from you
we are not friends anymore
we are officially over!!
ohhh rats
Hello, we are Jessica, Jenny, Aimee, and Crystal
also known as Gen Gap Lab
you are now watching Rumor Has It
conflicts among adolescents are inevitable
in fact research shows that
the average adolescent will be involved
in seven conflicts a day
Larson (1993)
but how to adolescents resolve their conflicts?
we are going to examine how adolescents move toward
navigating their conflicts by using
the attribution approach of responsibility
In a study of conducted by Dr. Whitney Scott in 2008
Scott examined the communication strategies
and attribution of responsibilities that arose during
conflicts between young adolescents
Scott hypothesized that adolescents who attribute
self responsibility during conflicts would be
more likely to choose
an integrative method of conflict resolution
while those will attribute
other responsibilities during conflicts
may be less likely to choose an integrated method of conflict resolution
the attributional approach involves attribution of responsibility
that young adolescents may assign or accept
when attempting to resolve conflict
In other words, who is at fault, who is to blame, or who did it
If a subject believes that they are at fault
We call that self-attribution
If a subject believes that someone else is the cause of conflict
we call that other responsibilty
The integrative approach to conflict resolution involves
a bit of compromise by both parties
They will solve conflict in a mutually agreeable way
Neither person may get everything they would like
but the interest of both parties are addressed so
both parties gain as a result of resolution
Participants for this study were 7th and 8th graders
from a Southern California public Jr. High School
with an average age of 13
Of the participants: 67% were Hispanic/Latino
24% were white, 4% Native American
3% African American and 2% multiethnic
The participants were interviewed and recorded for 20 minutes
the recordings were later used for coding purposes
Next, the participants were given two hypothetical conflict scenerios
about starting rumors
The first involved self-responsibility (I started a rumor)
While the second involved other responsibility ( someone started a rumor about me)
In which they would be dealing with peer conflict resolution
Lastly they were asked for their demographic information
and whether they had prior training in conflict resolution
I heard that Cady likes Michael and shes hoping
he asks her to prom
OMG!! I can't believe it! I have to tell everyone, especially michael
Regina! What did you just say? I never said that!
are you starting rumors about me?
Cady! I'm so sorry. I don't know why I said that
How can we work this out and still be friends?
in this hypothetical scenario. Regina admits to
starting a rumor about Cady.
Using the attributional approach for conflict resolution
Regina has accepted self responsibility for this particular conflict
According to Scott's hypothesis she is more likely to
choose an integrative method of conflict resolution
But what about Cady?
She views this conflict as other responsibility
In Scott hypothesis, Cady would be less likely to engage in
an interactive approach to conflict resolution.
The hypothesis that Scott proposed was supported by this study which
shows that attributions are an important element in conflict resolutions.
When adolescents view themselves as responsible for causing conflict
They are more willing to use an integrative method of communication
However, when they believe another to be responsible for a conflict,
they are less motivated to use an integrated method of communication to resolve conflicts.
According to the graph 82% of students preferred an integrative strategy
when resolving conflicts if it was self started
and 18% of students resulted to integrative strategies
when it was reported that others started a rumor
one limitation is that the study relied on
self-reports of conflict resolution
which may be different from students
actual behavior in real life such as
students responding in a manner which
they believed to be socially acceptable
and perhaps not exactly how they really
may have responded
The social impact of Scott studies may be that teachers and
professionals will better understand why
adolescents do or do not choose to use
integrated strategies to resolve
conflicts the findings from Scott
studies could be used in conflict
resolution training in the future in
addition a focus on whether the
attribution theory may be is skill to
cognitively difficult for adolescents to
achieve should also be considered