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School-to-home Transfer of Conflict Management Skills Among School-Age Children

NCJ Number
160467
Journal
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services Volume: 74 Issue: 2 Dated: (1993) Pages: 67-73
Author(s)
D B Gentry; W A Benenson
Date Published
1993
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The impact of conflict management information and skills learned at school on skills used at home was studied using interviews with 27 student conflict managers in grades 4-6 and at least 1 of each student's parents.
Abstract
The students took part in a school-based peer mediation program in which they took part in a 6-hour training program followed by 10 weeks of practice in peers' conflicts during recess. The research used a single-group pretest posttest design. Data were collected on (1) demographic information; (2) perceptions of the frequency, intensity, and duration of sibling conflicts; (3) the necessity and kind of parent intervention; and (4) the level of positive conflict-management skills demonstrated by the children. Results indicated that the children perceived a significant decline in the frequency and intensity of conflicts with siblings. Parents perceived a similar decline in the frequency of such conflicts and in their need to intervene. Parents also perceived a significant improvement in their child's use of productive talk during conflicts. 21 references (Author abstract modified)