Personality correlates of verbal conflict resolution

The scores on 11 Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey scales and the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale of 80 male and female college students were related in four multiple regression analyses to verbal conflict resolution times for approach-approach, avoidance-avoidance, double approach-avoidance, and average time for all conflicts. The multiple correlations were not significant; however, an analysis of 56 Ss who gave more than four question-mark responses on any one Guilford-Zimmerman factor produced three significant multiple correlations. A tentative personality profile of the slow conflict resolver emerged: low score on the Personal Relations and Socialibility scales. A subtle subject-experimenter interaction was proposed as an explanation of the results.