Abstract

NAVARRO-ABAL, Yolanda; CLIMENT-RODRIGUEZ, José Antonio  and  FERNANDEZ-GARRIDO, Julio. Conflict management models in television fiction series. Escritos de Psicología [online]. 2012, vol.5, n.3, pp.52-60. ISSN 1989-3809.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5231/psy.writ.2012.0811.

Television fiction series sometimes generate an unreal vision of life, especially among young people, becoming a mirror in which they can see themselves reflected. The series become models of values, attitudes, skills and behaviours that tend to be imitated by some viewers. The aim of this study was to analyze the conflict management behavioural styles presented by the main characters of television fiction series. Thus, we evaluated the association between these styles and the age and sex of the main characters, as well as the nationality and genre of the fiction series. 16 fiction series were assessed by selecting two characters of both sexes from each series. We adapted the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II for observing and recording the data. The results show that there is no direct association between the conflict management behavioural styles presented in the drama series and the sex of the main characters. However, associations were found between these styles and the age of the characters and the genre of the fiction series.

Keywords : Conflict management styles; television fiction series; influence; modelling; socialization.

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