No matter how people say that they dream about peace, there is still a reason for quarrels . And in conflicts of interest are not only their causes, but also the dynamics of development. It should be noted that the prerequisites for the development of contradictions can be very different, but each situation is roughly the same stages, which should be discussed in more detail.
Causes of conflict
Roughly speaking, the reason for any confrontation is the limited ability to meet the claims of the parties. If we consider in more detail, we can distinguish the following groups:
- unequal position of people;
- discrepancy between actions and expectations;
- difference of views;
- lack of information;
- logical errors, misunderstandings in the process of communication;
- wrong idea of reality.
It is curious that as the conflict situation unfolds, the reasons can be reversed by the very opposite, which served as the beginning of contradictions.
Dynamics of the development of interpersonal conflict
Recall any quarrel, each of them you can distinguish three main stages of the dynamics of development: the beginning, the conflict itself and the completion. Let's look at the process of changing the conflict situation in more detail.
1. Pre-conflict situation. At this time, there is a formation and aggravation of contradictions. While the facts that lead to confrontation are hidden and can not be detected. It is interesting that the future participants of the conflict do not yet see the mounting tension and do not realize its consequences. At this stage, there is still a real opportunity to disperse "the world." But this will happen only if the parties properly assess the true causes of the conflict. Otherwise, the resolution of the disputable situation will be delayed.
An open conflict, about its beginning, say, if the contradictions reached a period of maturity, when they became impossible to ignore. Here we can distinguish two stages of the dynamics of interpersonal conflict: the incident and escalation.
The incident is a mechanism that initiates the beginning of an open confrontation. At this point, there has already been a division of the parties, but so far the real forces of the opponent are unclear. Therefore, while collecting information, active action is not taken, leaving the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the contradictions.
Escalation is called the stage of "fighting", when the contradictions became more acute, and it was time to mobilize all available resources. Here very often emotions replace the mind, so the peaceful resolution of the conflict is very difficult. There can be new causes and ambitions that did not exist at the beginning of the conflict situation. Therefore, they speak of its uncontrollable and spontaneous character.
2. End of the conflict. The stage begins with the weakening of the sides (one or both), the understanding of the futility of continuation of the confrontation, the apparent superiority of one opponent, and also in the case of the impossibility of further confrontation due to exhaustion of resources.
3. Post-conflict situation. After the quarrel, there comes a period of getting rid of the types of tension and normalizing the relations that are necessary for further cooperation.
It should be noted that although the stages of the conflict are known, it is impossible to determine the time for each one. Since this will depend on many factors: the ability to adequately understand the causes of conflict, the skills and desire to seek compromise, the sufficiency of resources.