THE PROBLEM OF THE RESEACH OF THE CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR IN YOUTHFULL AGE (THE GENDER ASPECT)

Abstract

In the article the content of the notions of "conflict" and "conflict relations" have been disclosed. Public life can not exist without the clash of ideas, attitudes, goals, both in individuals and in small / large groups. Regularly there are the differences of opinions and all sorts of contradictions and they often lead to into conflicts. When people think of conflict they often associate it with aggression, threats and disputes. The article presents the basic ideas of scientists on the phenomenon of interpersonal conflict and presents a generalized picture of the basic strategies of behavior in conflict. It has been determined that the behavior of a person in a conflict depends on the objective conditions of the conflict, and social characteristics of the participants of the conflict, in particular, gender differences. Gender differences i.e. differences of behavior connected with sex, lead to the conflict caused by mutual misunderstanding, the differences of interests, of values and of approaches to solving problems. It has been revealed that the behavior of men and women is very different in resolving the conflict, i.e they differently perceive the goals of communication, they differently value the conflict, and they have different strategies for tackling the acute situations. The adolescents have extremely a cute conflicts and this is a characteristic feature of this age period. Conflicts for adolescents are a means of self-assertion of the individual, of the formation of its active role in the interaction with the environment. Their conflicts with peers are often connected with the competition and the struggle for leadership. Conflicts occur on the basis of competition both among boys and among girls. Boys compete for the leadership in the group, for the success in physical and intellectual spheres, for friendship and affection. Girls clash mainly because of the competition for the attention of older boys.