Everyday interpersonal conflicts of middle-aged women: an examination of strategies and their contextual correlates.

摘要: Everyday problem solving within the interpersonal domain has been identified as propelling cognitive development in adulthood, and may be particularly relevant to women's development. Yet few studies of everyday adulthood focus on problems, women, or middle adult years. We examined strategies middle-aged women used for real-life contextual variables associated with strategy use. In contrast research younger older which lower-level were favored, use here was fairly evenly split between higher lower levels. Also other participants favored that directive, rather than submissive. Thematic analyses showed a high degree felt emotional distress use, attempts at controlling emotions overcoming fundamental attribution errors judgment related higher-...