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Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/43248 Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin Human-Vogel, Salome Sofocleous, Christo Valentina Katerina Family Conflict Styles Couple Conflict Styles Family Commitment Marital Spillover Hypothesis Resilience Framework UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The present exploratory study examines family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin in a one-stage random cluster sample of 200 university students between the ages of 18 and 25. The hypothesis rests on the theoretical assumption that family climate factors, such as conflict, influences commitment to the family of origin. I argue that family conflict style (adaptive or maladaptive) is associated with the level of commitment to the family of origin. Surveys are utilised to collect data in the present study which includes two scales, namely the Family Conflict Style Scale (FCS) and the Family Commitment Scale (FC). The Family Commitment Scale (FC) is an adaptation of Rusbult’s (1998) Investment Model Commitment scale and the Family Conflict Scale (FCS) is a new scale that was constructed for the purpose of the present study, derived from Gottman’s (1993) definitions of couple conflict styles, in order to examine conflict styles within a family and to examine the correlations to see whether family conflict style can be associated with commitment. The Family Resilience Framework (Walsh, 2003) and the Marital Spillover Hypothesis (Gerard, Krishnakumar & Buehler, 2009) guides the present study in better understanding how the constructs marital conflict style and commitment can also be viewed as systemic variables influencing the entire family. Results revealed that all correlations between conflict styles and commitment to the family of origin were found to be significant at the -.01 level. Findings support the value in exploring family conflict style in relation to commitment to the family of origin and, for the current sample, suggest that a more adaptive conflict style positively relates to the level of commitment whereas a maladaptive conflict style negatively relates to the level of commitment to the family of origin. lk2014 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted 2015-01-19T12:13:17Z 2015-01-19T12:13:17Z 2014/12/12 2014 Dissertation Sofocleous, CVK 2014, Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43248> M14/9/358 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43248 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Family Conflict Styles Couple Conflict Styles Family Commitment Marital Spillover Hypothesis Resilience Framework UCTD Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title | Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title_full | Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title_fullStr | Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title_short | Exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| title_sort | exploring family conflict style as a correlate of commitment to the family of origin |
| topic | Family Conflict Styles Couple Conflict Styles Family Commitment Marital Spillover Hypothesis Resilience Framework UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43248 |