TY - JOUR
T1 - Argumentative strategies for conflict management and resolution in Italian and Swiss families
AU - Arcidiacono, Francesco
AU - Bova, Antonio
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Argumentation
KW - Case studies
KW - Critical discussion
KW - Discursive interaction
KW - Family
KW - Parent-child conversation
KW - Psychology (all)
KW - Social Sciences (all)
KW - Argumentation
KW - Case studies
KW - Critical discussion
KW - Discursive interaction
KW - Family
KW - Parent-child conversation
KW - Psychology (all)
KW - Social Sciences (all)
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/124571
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.269
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.269
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-0428
VL - 30
SP - 1385
EP - 1389
JO - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
ER -