Examining interpersonal conflict resolution among persistently antisocial youth – Is this a key mechanism implicated in the persistence of antisocial behaviour

Bibliographic Data

ID13899112
AuthorsEffie Zafirakis (RMIT University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume20
Issue1
Pages112-129
Publication date2013-04-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-3843 • E-ISSN: 2164-4527
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673843.2013.779586
OpenAlexW1969390573
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited37

This study utilised data and interviewed participants (n = 138), aged 22–23 years from the Australian Temperament Project, which is a prospective national longitudinal study that has tracked pathways of antisocial behaviour and psychosocial adjustment from infancy to young adulthood. Gender- and group-related differences in interpersonal conflict resolution of young adults with differing histories of antisocial behaviour (namely high-risk persistently antisocial, low-risk persistently antisocial and non-antisocial groups) were examined, as measured by a modified version of the conflict tactics scale. The study findings show that both the high-risk and low-risk persistently antisocial groups reported higher levels of physically aggressive strategies than the non-antisocial group. The high-risk group also reported higher levels of non-physically aggressive strategies in resolving interpersonal conflict. Interestingly, young adult females reported higher levels of non-physical tactics in dealing with interpersonal conflict in their interpersonal relationships than young adult males. No gender differences were found in relation to physically aggressive strategies. This study suggests that the level of risk for persistent antisocial behaviour was significantly related to differences in interpersonal conflict resolution in young adulthood

Antisocial personality disorder · Conflict resolution · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Longitudinal study · Persistence (discontinuity · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Temperament · Young adult · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology