Conflict can feel personal when your mind is primed to defend itself come what may. Here’s how attachment sensitivity makes ...

We avoid conflict because we have a low tolerance for discomfort. Humans tend to avoid discomfort—whether it be physical, ...

Reality TV is generally not the first place one should turn to find models of effective communication. That’s why it was shocking to watch a scene in the latest season of Love Island US, in which ...

We need to look no further than the evening news these days to see harsh examples of conflict. Somehow, people forgot—or never even learned—how to address differences in constructive (not to mention ...

A new longitudinal study reveals that mothers and fathers perceive relationship conflict differently as their children grow.

Joel Salinas, a Harvard neurologist, and Robert Bordone, a Harvard lawyer, are experts in the study of conflict. But their communication styles are quite different: Salinas, with over a decade of ...

Workplaces in the United States are remarkably conflict averse. Many people don’t even like to give criticisms to someone else directly, let alone to hash out a disagreement over a path forward or ...

Maybe it's a blowout argument with your partner, that unspoken tension with a friend, or even a work meeting that got unexpectedly heated. Whatever the scenario, conflict is an inherent part of being ...

Brad Harris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

At 7:46 a.m. on November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire jumped the Feather River in Northern California. Driven by 40-mile-an-hour winds and months of desiccating drought, it moved so fast that bulldozers ...