a new methodology
This study examines the social effects and consequences of dealing with emotional as opposed to rational responses to conflict in a committed relationship. The term committed can be interpreted quite literally as meaning being engaged the person with whom you are in a relationship with. This section (post) will discuss the sample, the instrument used to gather data, as well as discussion about the hypotheses.
This study is a qualitative content analysis of two individuals of the oppostie sex who are in a committed relationship and the emotional versus the rational responses in dealing with conflict. It is a small sample, however, because of the nature of the study, only one couple is required in order to analyze the findings and determine the conclusion. The couple’s age range is from 23 to 28 and both voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.
The coding instrument was simple in that it recorded the factors of emotional response and the factors of rational response to a conflict between the committed couple. Both emotional responses (E) and rational responses (R) were determined by pulse, eye contact, and volume of voice.
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