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Family Conflict Analysis Paper

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To begin my analysis, I will be looking back upon my childhood and the conflicts that surrounded my “utopia.” There are a couple prominent conflicts that have remained etched in my memory throughout the years, but before describing those memories, I will briefly describe the different family conflict climate categories as well as conflict approaches and behaviors.
According to Table 8.2 on p. 146 there are four main types of Family Conflict Climate Types: Pluralistic families, Consensual families, Protective families, and Laissez-Faire families.
Pluralistic families tend to have “High conversation- Low conformity” (p.146, Flora) meaning that as a family they embrace conflict, encourage telling each other about their feelings (negative and positive alike) in a productive manner (although they tend to keep the expression if negative feelings at bay), and have an ability to manage their conflicts that results in the “high expression of positive feelings.” (Flora, 2016). Consensual families tend to have “High Conversation- High Conformity”, viewing conflict as disharmonious, freely venting their negative feeling with the …show more content…

My mother, on the other hand, came from a two parent home with very “strict” rules and ideals, but her family could not handle conflict in a productive manner. My mother told me that despite their deep religious beliefs and ideals the family was a mess. My grandfather was a military man, with a hot temper,who believed in discipline and my grandmother was the only daughter of a very passive and complacent farmer. There was a lot of strife in my mother’s family growing up, she tells me that she remembers family gatherings frequently ending in yelling and someone getting kicked out. This environment bled into my mother’s personality and how she handled

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