Fifty newlywed couples participated in a conflict discussion and an unstructured, seminatural interaction. This paper explores the relationship between these two interactions. Two sets of hypotheses were tested. One hypothesis was derived from a traditional, personality theory model that would predict consistency in behavior across the two settings. The other hypothesis was derived from Wile's suggestion that conflict is the result of unspoken interactions. Path analyses were used to compare the two hypotheses. Results supported the Wile hypotheses.
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