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Item Attachment style and underlying concerns in romantic relationship conflict.(2010-10-08T16:17:45Z) Grace, Aaron J.; Sanford, Keith Philip.; Psychology and Neuroscience.; Baylor University. Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience.The current study investigated the relationship between underlying concerns in romantic relationship conflict and adult attachment. Participants were 109 undergraduate students in dating relationships who completed between one and five assessments via internet questionnaire over the course of eight weeks. At each assessment, participants considered a recent conflict in their romantic relationship, and completed measures of underlying concerns in the conflict as well as attachment at the time of the conflict. Data were analyzed at the within-person level as well as at the between-person level. At the within-person level, the underlying concern of perceived partner under-investment was predicted by attachment anxiety but not by attachment avoidance. In addition, the underlying concern of perceived partner threat was predicted by both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance. After controlling for within-person effects, perceived partner under-investment was further predicted by participants' mean level of attachment anxiety.Item Event-specific and contextual effects on variables influencing verbal aggression in couples' conflict.(2014-09-05) Boska, Chelsea Ruth.; Sanford, Keith Philip.; Psychology and Neuroscience.; Baylor University. Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience.The author examined the relationship between negative attributions, anger, and verbal aggression for both event-specific and contextual effects. Participants completed a survey containing assessments of these variables over five points in time to assess within-person changes over time. It was hypothesized that negative attributions would be associated with anger, which would in turn be associated with verbal aggression. Attachment was also considered in the analysis as a potential moderator of the relationships between negative attributions and anger, and between anger and verbal aggression. Results indicated that negative attributions had significant contextual effects predicting verbal aggression, whereas anger had significant event-specific effects. Some support for mediation was found, whereas no support of moderation was observed. The results from this study were also important in distinguishing verbal aggression from general negative communication.Item The negotiation of conflict management in long-distance and geographically close romantic relationships.(2011-05-12T15:48:33Z) Reys, Whitney J.; Morman, Mark T.; Communication Studies.; Baylor University. Dept. of Communication Studies.This study examines conflict management strategy use in long-distance dating relationships (LDDRs) compared to conflict management strategy use in geographically close dating relationships (GCDRs). Uncertainty Reduction Theory posits that uncertainty could be problematic for LDDRs and thus contribute to differences in conflict management styles. This study applied the conceptualization of Peterson’s (1983) conflict management strategies to the context of dating relationships. The purpose of this study was to determine differences between conflict management in LDDRs and GCDRs. This study also seeked to measure the satisfaction, commitment, and closeness felt by individuals who used each conflict management strategy. Results indicated that individuals in LDDRs and GCDRs report using the same conflict management strategies at the same rates. Thus, no differences were found in conflict management styles between couples in LDDRs and GCDRs. These results invite future exploration on the topic of LDDR conflict management.