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Abstract
This study examines thoughts and feelings about conflict. A person may use imagined interactions (IIs) to work through a conflict situation. One factor that may affect the nature of IIs about conflict is the tendency among some individuals to take conflict personally. Taking conflict personally (TCP) is the feeling that conflict is a negative life event that is aimed at the self (Hample & Dallinger, Citation1995). This study examines the relationship between TCP and IIs about conflict. Results indicate that trait TCP is correlated with rumination, that a variety of significant relationships appear between trait TCP and II characteristics, and that trait TCP predicts state TCP immediately after a conflict-oriented II.
Acknowledgments
This article is based on the first author's M.A. thesis, directed by the second author, at Western Illinois University.
Notes
Note: N = 210.
*p < .05. **p < .01.
Note: N = 210.
*p < .05. **p < .01.
Note: N = 210. Act. = II activity; Spec. = II specificity; Pro. = proactivity; Retro. = retroactivity; Disc. = discrepancy; Self-Dom. = self-dominance; Var. = variety.
*p < .05. **p < .01.
Note: N = 210.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.
Note: N = 210. SDP = State Direct Personalization; SPF = State Persecution Feelings; SSR = State Stress Reactions; SPRE = State Positive Relational Effects; SNRE = State Negative Relational Effects; SVAL = State Like/Dislike Valence. The row variables are the trait measures.
*p < .05. **p < .01.