interpersonal conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinterpersonalandconflict
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interpersonal
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈpɝː.sən.əl/
connected with relationships ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofinterpersonalandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Prudence stands to intrapersonal conflict in roughly the same relation that justice stands tointerpersonalconflict.
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The paper examines two types of texts, personal experience narratives and expository discussions, dealing with the shared theme ofinterpersonalconflict.
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In this way, unresolved loss in a parent may be a mechanism for the transmission of anger andinterpersonalconflictacross generations.
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One type wasinterpersonalconflictwhere individuals are involved in physical fights, verbal arguments, and other antisocial acts.
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Six situations ofinterpersonalconflictwere each presented six times, followed by one forced-choice alternative.
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Disruptive behaviors may be associated with maladaptive ideas and feelings aboutinterpersonalconflictand distress.
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The excessive irritability that often accompanies both the manic and depressive poles can lead to pervasiveinterpersonalconflictand the tendency to either vilify or idealize others.
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Thus, based on current relationships with adults and peers, we sought to identify children who exhibit high levels ofinterpersonalconflict, volatile emotional reactions, demandingness, and unpredictability in interactions others.
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One reason that comes to mind is the topic of the texts elicited in this study -interpersonalconflict, which focuses on people rather than concrete objects.
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Anger and physical retaliation are more accepted in boys whereas girls are encouraged to find positive solutions tointerpersonalconflict.
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Thus, when parents show a pattern of both hostility and withdrawal, children do not seem to model the emotional withdrawal they observe but only theinterpersonalconflict.
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More specifically, neither the interaction between emotional support and trauma, nor that betweeninterpersonalconflictand trauma, had a statistically significant effect on having goals (or a purpose) in life.
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When a specific school problem already exists, a misunderstanding between parents and teachers of each other's motives or actions causes the additional problem ofinterpersonalconflict.
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Hoggett's analysis is probably most obviously applicable in the discussions ofinterpersonalconflictand relationships in small groups.
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Young children also express emotions during narrative play that may provide important clues about the meaning ofinterpersonalconflictand distress events.
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They would also rely relatively more on irrealis mode than the narratives to refer to possible or desirable contingencies and to hypothetical states of affairs in relation tointerpersonalconflict.
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Interpersonalconflictis generally detrimental to team cohesion, and, in turn, is destructive to team performance.
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Party-directed mediation is a mediation approach particularly suited for disputes between co-workers, colleagues or peers, especially deep-seatedinterpersonalconflict, multicultural or multiethnic disputes.
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With anonymity,interpersonalconflictis minimized, peer pressure reduced.
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