Conflict Resolution and Peacemaker
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Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Paper
March 4, 2013
Psychology 400
Nicolette Nance, PhD, LMHC
University of Phoenix, College of Social Science
Conflict resolution and peacemaking in youth, how can we as adults talk to our youth of today and make them see that violence is not the answer? As we look at conflict it is not always negitive, conflict can be a positive potential that will contribute to the quality of a young person’s development. As we look at youth of today the resolution conflict can overall be seen through the social networks that adolescents will have through component skills of communication, problem solving, decision making that will help the adolescent see that the decision that they make will affect the people around them.
Let’s talk about variables of conflict in the youth of today. The characteristics of the youth this will include their values that we teach them, motivation how we teach our youth to be motivated and work toward a goal. Their objectives and aspirations; their relationships, power, social resources and their intellectual, and their beliefs about conflict, the degree of what a youth would believe their prior relationship to one another that would include expectations and beliefs of one another. What would the nature be of conflict in youth? This would include the scope, periodicity, rigidity, formulation, motivational, and the significance.
The social environment that is involved in the youth of today within the conflict that may occur will include the institutional conflict moderating progress, the facilities and restraints, the social norms, and the encouragements and deterrents. The youth of today will as they say it hang out, have the same interest and most will have the same characteristics of their friends.
What are some of the consequences short and long term effects of violence in our youth of today? Short term would be depending on the crime some would have to go to court and pay a fine and probation depending on how severe the crime would be. The long term affect would be that they would have a prison sentence of ten years to life depending on the crime.
Some of the up side’s to conflict of our youth of today, would be that the benefits of conflict would have a potential to have an effect on personal and social values, this includes preventing stagnation, stimulating curiosity and interest and by youth airing of their problems and them to develop solutions to problems.
The youth of today conflict can have a stabilizing and integrative function for their relationships that they will form.
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