CONFLICT MANAGEMENT MESSAGE STYLES AND DECISION MAKING PATTERNS IN MEXICAN ADOLESCENT HIGH�SCHOOL STUDENTS

AlejandroCesar A. Luna Bernal

Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2016

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT MESSAGE STYLES AND DECISION MAKING PATTERNS IN MEXICAN ADOLESCENT HIGH�SCHOOL STUDENTS

Alejandrocesar A. Luna Bernal

Abstract :

In order to contribute to the discussion on decision making and conflict management in adolescence, this paper analyses the relationships between three conflict management message styles (self–oriented, other–oriented, and issue–oriented) and three decision–making patterns (vigilance, hypervigilance / procrastination, and buck–passing), in a sample (N = 401) of Mexican high–school students, aged 15 to 19 years old. The participants answered the Conflict Management Message Style Instrument and the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire. In the results, issue–oriented and other–oriented styles correlated positively with vigilance. In turn, self–oriented style correlated positively with procrastination / hypervigilance and buck–passing, and negatively with vigilance. These findings will be discussed considering previous studies on these issues.