Negotiation Strategies in Violent and Not-Violent Couples from Arequipa

• Paula Delgado Cuzzi

  Universidad Católica San Pablo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-0371

The present study compared the differences in use of negotiation strategies in couples in which physical violence has occurred in the last year and couples in which it has not occurred. A survey research study was conducted, 279 adults from Arequipa city participated, who were married or cohabiting with a partner at the time they were surveyed. The sample was obtained from 3 districts of the city and the participants were contacted and surveyed at their homes. The Conflict Tactics Scale Revised was used to assess the use of negotiation tactics and physical violence incidents perpetrated by both partners. Significant differences between the couples in which violence was reported and the ones in which violence was not reported were found (t = -2.48, p < .05 for violence perpetrated by the participant, t = -2.57, p < .05 for violence perpetrated by the participant’s partner). Significant differences were also found for cognitive and emotional negotiation in both cases. Participants that reported violence in their couple relationship also reported a higher frequency of use of negotiation tactics.

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