STRATEGIES FOR MODERN STUDENTS' BEHAVIOR IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS

Abstract

Scientific interest in the study of modern man's behaviour in conflict situations is not decreasing taking into account the current social conditions. The article presents the results of empirical study of modern students' behaviour strategies in conflict situations. The study using the questionnaire "Strategies of Behaviour in Conflict Situations" by K. Thomas and R. Kilmann (adapted by N.V. Grishina) involved 392 students of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Mari State University" of different courses and faculties. The obtained results indicate that with all the variety of strategies of behaviour in conflict situations, more than half of the students (51.7%) give preference to productive ways - compromising (every third) and collaborating (almost every fifth); only one out of ten is inclined to use competing. 13.6% of students apply different strategies, i.e. they are capable of variability and flexibility of behaviour depending on the situation. The analysis of the expression of each strategy showed the dominance of the middle level (except competing): more than a third of students (38%) have a high level of accommodating, every fourth has a high level of avoiding, and every fifth has high levels of collaborating and competing. The findings are useful for effective conflict prevention and mediation in student groups.