Argumentative strategies for conflict management and resolution in Italian and Swiss families

Francesco Arcidiacono, Antonio Bova

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze how family members engage themselves in resolving differences of opinion during everyday interactions. In particular, we focus on the argumentative strategies used by parents during dinner conversations at home with their children. Within a data corpus based on video-recordings of family dinnertime interactions, two different excerpts of argumentative discussions among parents and children are presented and qualitatively analyzed. Our analytical approach includes the model of Critical Discussion as the general framework to investigate the family's strategies for conflict management and resolution in different cultures. The results show two specific argumentative strategies adopted by parents with their children: the use of ironic comments, and the admonition of the parent's authority. Besides, differences in the argumentative style between Italian and Swiss families are highlighted. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1385-1389
Numero di pagine5
RivistaPROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Volume30
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2011

Keywords

  • Argumentation
  • Case studies
  • Critical discussion
  • Discursive interaction
  • Family
  • Parent-child conversation
  • Psychology (all)
  • Social Sciences (all)

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