إدارة الصراعات بين الزوجين في الأسرة الأردنية

الملخص EN

This study aims at revealing the nature of managing marital conflicts between couples in the Jordanian family by employing the social conflict approach.

The study focusses on three main aspects: the hostile statements, the construction of mutual understanding, and the integrative responsibility between couples.

It was conducted on a sample consisting of (100) participants residing in the northern governorates of Jordan.

This study used qualitative research methods.

The results show that the hostile statements between the couples were represented in their incapability to easily express negative feelings, and in the tendency of one of the couples to practice silence when a problem arise to avoid inflexibility in solving growing conflicts, which may lead to divorce.

The results also show that mutual understanding between the couples was represented in the weak exchange of responsibilities and taking family decisions, the lack of understanding each other’s viewpoint, the absence of satisfactory agreement in solving conflicts, and the repetition of causes of family conflicts whenever they occur.

Finally, the feeling of inequality between the couples appear in the absence of fair distribution of duties between them, the lack of reliance on each other in achieving family tasks, especially in times of conflicts.

Furthermore, it appears in the poor participation and offering in family life, and the feeling of self-reliance and self-sufficiency in achieving own goals.