title: The relationship of interpersonal conflict handling styles and marital conflicts among Iranian divorcing couples.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Various research studies have suggested that among other variables that couples remain married if they successfully manage their interactions (marital communication based on acceptance of individual differences, problem solving skills, forgiveness, collaborative decision making, empathy and active listening) and constructively manage conflict.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study was aimed at examining the relation of conflict handling styles and marital conflicts among divorcing couples.
  
  
  METHODS
  As a descriptive -comparative study 60 couples out of 440 couples referred to the Crisis Intervention Center of the Isfahan Well-being Organization have selected. The tools implemented were Marital Conflicts (Barati &amp; Sanaei, 1996) and Interpersonal Conflict Handling Styles Questionnaires (Thomas-Kilman, 1975). Their total reliabilities were, respectively, 0.74 and 0.87.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings showed that there are no significant differences among their conflict handling styles and marital conflicts. Also, there was positive correlation between avoidance and competition styles and negative one between compromise, accommodation, and cooperation styles with marital conflicts. That is, these styles reduced couples' conflicts. Finally, wives had tendency to apply accommodation style and husbands tended to use accommodation and cooperation styles to handle their conflicts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested to be studied couples' views toward their own styles to handle marital conflicts and holding training courses to orient couples with advantages and disadvantages of marital conflict handling styles.
authors.affiliation: . alinavidian@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navidian
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bahari
authors.forename: Fatihe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kermansaravi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires