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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2019-04-01

Journal:SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY

Included Journals:SSCI

Volume:47

Issue:4

ISSN No.:0301-2212

Key Words:Dutch Test for Conflict Handling; DUTCH; conflict; conflict handling styles; validity; Chinese college students

Abstract:There are limitations in existing conflict management instruments used in China. Therefore, we translated the Dutch Test of Conflict Handling ( DUTCH), and then examined the reliability and validity of this Chinese Revised version ( DUTCH-CR). Participants were 2,035 college students at 4 universities in China. We conducted exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis on data from questionnaires completed by the participants. Our findings show that the DUTCH-CR is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring the handling of conflicts between Chinese college students. Further, we found that 4 conflict-handling styles are more suitable for Chinese college students. This was achieved by merging the problem-solving and compromising factors into a collaborating one, and retaining the yielding, avoiding, and forcing factors of the original DUTCH instrument.