Peer conflict : similarities and differences among three adolescent groups /
This study assessed the preferred conflict resolution (CR) modes of adolescents using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI). Specifically, three groups of adolescents, incarcerated youth (TYC), general education students (GE), and adolescents educated in a self-contained public school se...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This study assessed the preferred conflict resolution (CR) modes of adolescents using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI). Specifically, three groups of adolescents, incarcerated youth (TYC), general education students (GE), and adolescents educated in a self-contained public school setting who were identified as emotionally disturbed (ED), were assessed on their responses to a peer convict scenario. The total sample consisted of 192 subjects between the ages of 13-16 years old. Fifty-eight of the subjects were in the TYC group, 89 were from the GE group, and 45 subjects were in the ED group. Using a Demographic Data Sheet (DDS), demographic characteristics (age, gender, and ethnicity) and conflict resolution information (identified source of CR training, peer conflicts per week, formal practice in CR training, mediation participation and experience as a peer mediator) was gathered on the subjects. Subjects also completed the TKI and their five conflict mode scores were analyzed by their group membership (TYC, GE, and ED) and by their responses on the DDS questions. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (i.e. t-tests, plots, multiple regression, and coefficients of determination). The findings indicated an overall trend for the majority of the sample to have two primary TKI modes - Avoiding and Competing. These two modes indicated the subjects were low on cooperative CR behavior. Specifically, group membership was statistically significant on the Avoiding mode, with the TYC group having the highest Avoiding mean score. Next, a positive correlation was found between the number of peer conflicts per week and the Competing score for the total group, TYC group, and GE group. The ED group's scores tended to show a negative correlation. The variables of CR training (except for the ED group) and claimed source of CR training were found to be weak predictive variables of TKI mode scores. The ED group, whether they had CR practice or not, had a high TKI Competing Mode. Finally, with the GE group, gender affected the Collaborating Mode score. Ethnicity affected the accommodating and Competing Mode scores. However all independent variables accounted for very small variances in the TKI mode scores. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 278 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-226). |