Resumen de Problems during a romantic relationship: Conflict identification and resolution styles in heterosexual youth
Hugo David Acosta Maldonado, Yara Aylin Martínez Maciel, Isaías Vicente Lugo González, Ana Leticia Becerra Gálvez
A dating or romantic relationship is supposed to be the appropriate process for the parties involved in it to develop or increase their coexistence skills, communication and problem solving. The aim of this work was to describe the main problems occur during a dating/romantic relationship as reported by young heterosexual couples, as well as to describe the different strategies used to solve such problems. Eighty young Mexican college students participated in this study, who were going through a heterosexual dating relationship. A questionnaire was conducted accordingly which included 21 questions to be answered Yes and No, Likert type of questions and open questions. The results revealed that the main problems came directly from a lack of communication and problem-solving skills. The style to solve such conflicts in the current relationship is heavily avoidant (10.29% in men and 14.70% in women of a total of 68 students who chose to answer). It has been concluded that it is necessary to implement interventions based on evidence in this type of conflicts and with this population.
