Gender peculiarities of behavior of spouses in family conflict

Abstract

In this article we will identify and explore the gender particulars of behavior of married couples, the influence of a constructive learned behavior on the prevention of family conflicts. This is followed by consideration of theoretical approaches to the phenomena of “gender” and “family conflict” and analysis of the role of emotions in family conflicts. The paper studies the ways of forming constructive habit behavior patterns as a factor in preventing family conflicts. Systemic and behavioral approaches have been used to explore gender characteristics of spouses’ behavior in a family conflict. The article emphasizes the importance of working with family conflicts, the positive role of conflicts, and discusses the techniques by which they can be managed. The strategies of marriage partners’ behavior in family conflicts are analyzed depending on a family life-cycle. We also suggest various ways of resolving family conflicts, including a mediation procedure, and, more specifically, the family-oriented mediation. The article concludes with our reasoning that gender-specific behaviors play an important role in family conflict and are the result of society’s stereotypization. As a matter of fact, each conflict is individual and requires some serious consideration due to the fact that the occurrence, generation and close of a conflict depends on the situations and circumstances within which it arises and increases.

Keywords

• Gender
• Family conflict
• Spouses
• Behavior
• Emotions
• Constructive conflict