Week 4 Assignment 1: Annotated Bibliography—Conflict Resolution

Fortin, A., Paradis, A., Lapierre, A., & Hébert, M. (n.d.). Validation of the French-Canadian adaptation of the Conflict Resolution Styles Inventory for adolescents in dating relationships. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, , Oct, 2020., Vol 52(4), 337-342. http://dx.doi.org.regiscollege.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/cbs0000173

The authors at universite du Quebec a Montreal used data from adolescent girls and boys in two studies to test the hypothesis that constructive strategies promote conflict resolution, while destructive strategies escalate conflict. A French-Canadian version of the conflict resolution styles inventory (CRSI) tool was used together with a Thomas Kilmann conflict mode instrument (TKI) translated from English to French and vice versa. First analysis measured convergent validity and resulted in positive quality of relationship combination together with use of positive problem-solving strategies. Second analysis found 3 factors corresponding to positive problem solving, conflict engagement and withdrawal.

The authors were staff or members in the psychology and sexology departments, implying that their writing was from a higher level of education, and the article was intended for public knowledge, to educate them about resolving conflicts. It was published by the Canadian journal of behavioral sciences/Revue Canadienne des sciences du comportment. Limitations included items that were not codeveloped with adolescents, hence not reflecting their reality appropriately. The sample size was small, making it hard to represent all adolescent population. And the cross-sectional design in the study limited the ability to conclude regarding the temporal stability of the instrument.

This study and its outcomes related to nursing leadership in a way that it taught us how leaders could solve conflicts in the workplace for instance, when coworkers were having a hard time working together. Constructive strategies would be applied during a conflict because of the positive feedback. It met effective communication strategies with different people to maximize health care delivery. Strategies of conflict resolution were met in the assignment objectives. AS a future practitioner, constructive strategies would be applied when communicating with patients, families and staff.

Article #2

Moss, M., Kikumoto, A., & Mayr, U. (2020). Does conflict resolution really work? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol 46(12), 2410-2426. http://dx.doi.org.regiscollege.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/xlm0000801

The researchers at university of Oregon investigated how overcoming conflict influences the maintenance of working memory representation and vice versa.  The strategy was to find out whether or not two functions with same common resources could access the degree of mutual interference with a dual task situation. Participants were tested in four experiments, from auditory stroop task to working memory encoding phase. Results showed that a weak evidence of working memory demands, and conflict resolution demands should interfere with each other during maintenance phase.

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The researchers were staff at university of Oregon in the Psychology department, which set their writing to a graduate level. The authors wanted to capture the attention of the general population about relationships between working memory and conflict resolution. Weaknesses from the study were different sample sizes in the experiments, leading to inconsistences. Secondly, working memory was only supposed to be used for stroop accuracy, but was used in all experiments, leading to wrong responses

The article was intended to point out how working memory helps in conflict resolution, however due to the inconsistences in the sample size and application of working memory in all experiments instead of one, the results showed a non-existing relationship, or implied that conflict resolution does not require central attention resources. Therefore, this related to nursing leadership that memory does not help resolve conflicts, for instance, no long-term memory is needed to resolve a conflict between patients and staff. The study integrated research adaptation, critical thinking skills in nursing leadership, advanced practice while exploring how to resolve conflicts. Memory should not be the priority reason I base the inability to resolve a conflict, as a practitioner, I should look at other factors that would hinder the resolution, such as insensitivity, untrustworthy and so on.

Article # 3

Ponsford, M. (n.d.). Conflict Resolution Processes in End-of-Life Care Disputes between Families and Healthcare Providers in Canada. Vol. 25, 83-106.

This study examined conflict resolution processes that could have provided a solution during stressful, costly and time-consuming ordeal. Empathy and cultural understanding were also included mainly when cross-cultural conflict affected decision-making at end of life. The author covered the causes of conflict and how to resolve them. Bill 52 was introduced to ensure respect and dignity were maintained for patients and was signed in 2015. Through the bill, the author examined communication strategies, arising disputes in physicians and families during such difficult times. The author used demographics and social attitudes of the Canadians as samples. A previous study reported 67% in favor of legalizing Euthanasia, and 76% believed legalization would have led to better guidelines for providers.

The author had a master’s in law and specialized in medico-legal research, and a previous author of eight journals articles, which made

this article credible and placed his writing on a highly educated level. His article was intended for the public, more so families that struggled to understand what their loved ones went through during end-of-life stages. Limitations for this study included the research being secondhand information. The author relied on research results from other studies to compile this information.

The research related to leadership and nursing in a way that as nurses, death and dying are not uncommon, therefore there are always problems or disagreements between providers and families when it came to discussing end-of-life, especially when the patients never left wills or signed advanced directives, the burden fell on family members. Therapeutic communication with families was covered in the course objective, while conflict resolution strategies met the assignment objective. As a future leader, communication would be of great important, because it is a pathway to a great relationship with both patients and their families.

NU 605 Week 4 Assignment 1: Annotated Bibliography—Conflict Resolution