Conflict Handling in Ghanaian In-law Relationships: Implications for Face Concerns

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dc.contributor.authorAffram, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Tutu, A.
dc.contributor.authorDzokoto, V.A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-10T15:05:58Z
dc.date.available2024-09-10T15:05:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionResearch Article
dc.description.abstractWe interviewed 34 married individuals between the ages of 32 and 69 in Southern Ghana regarding conflict handling strategies they adopt in their in-law relationships. We conceptualized the strategies around face concerns. Findings from inductive thematic analysis support participant use of five main conflict-handling strategies: human/divine third-party engagements, obsequious behavior, apologizing, ignoring, and confronting. These strategies map onto considerations for other-face concerns as well as mutual-face concerns. Findings offer insights about conflict, face concerns, and in-law relationships within a previously understudied cultural context.
dc.identifier.citationAdjeiwa Akosua Affram, Annabella Osei-Tutu & Vivian Afi Dzokoto (2020) Conflict Handling in Ghanaian In-law Relationships: Implications for Face Concerns, Journal of Family Communication, 20:4, 285-297, DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2020.1822845
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2020.1822845
dc.identifier.urihttps://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/42432
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of Family Communication
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol.; 20
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNo.; 285–297
dc.subjectConflict Handling
dc.subjectGhanaian In-law Relationships
dc.subjectWest African
dc.titleConflict Handling in Ghanaian In-law Relationships: Implications for Face Concerns
dc.typeArticle

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