SETTLING IN BLISS - PREMARITAL CLASS WORKBOOK CLASS 3 -- COMMUNICATION
MODULE 3 --- COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
In this module, we look into how to understand your personality, how to master your behavioural experiences and manage your communication better.
In marriage, conflict occurs when the needs and desires of spouses diverge and are thus incompatible. Because spouses interact with each other regarding a number of issues important to their marriage over time, it is inevitable that conflict will occur to at least some degree in every marriage. It is not the existence of conflict in marriage per se that is detrimental to marital satisfaction or stability, but how spouses manage conflict when it occurs.
Conflicts can be settled positively through discussion, but in some cases may result in the escalation of arguing without resolution, or with each spouse ignoring the area of conflict in an attempt to prevent negative marital interactions. The quality of the marriage suffers when conflicts remain unresolved, and in some marriages the inability to successfully manage conflict can lead to physical abuse, sometimes with severe consequences.
Communication is 7% words, 36% tonality, and 55% body language.