Abstract:Interest in confrontational and integrative internal dialogues (IDs) has been growing, as they perform numerous important functions. This study aimed to identify the personality-related determinants of integration and confrontation processes in ID that simulates social relationships. The test group comprised 125 students (62 men). Participants were given a description of a fictional problem facing a young married couple and they were to imagine a dialogue between the characters. Additionally three instruments … Show more
“…In previous studies (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ,, , ), the correlation between the indices of general integration (INT) and general confrontation (CONF) was non‐significant and close to zero. Similar results were obtained in the current study, in both the experimental (see Table ) and control (see Table ) groups.…”
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confidence: 77%
“…Several studies show that general integration and general confrontation as defined in the two‐dimensional model of ID are not correlated with each other (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ,, , ), thereby supporting their theoretically postulated independence. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the integrative and confrontational attitudes of the ID author and his/her interlocutor can be related, reflecting different patterns of integrative and confrontational characteristics of IDs.…”
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confidence: 96%
“…The confrontational attitude of a given party reflects his/her perceived advantage over the opposing party (treating him‐/herself as the winner and the partner as the loser). Since confrontation is defined as an imbalance of power between the winner and loser in an ID, it is assumed that the greater the difference in the intensity of parties’ confrontational attitudes, the greater the general confrontation (Puchalska‐Wasyl, , , ).…”
Puchalska -Wasyl, M. M. (2019). Can imagined intergroup contact change (internal) dialogues on differences between ingroup and outgroup? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 60, 181-188.Several positive functions have been ascribed to integrative internal dialogues (IDs), which are based on mutual openness to a partner's viewpoint and a readiness to consider his/her arguments in order to potentially modify one's own stance. As the technique of imagined intergroup contact (IIC) favorably influences attitudes towards outgroup members, it was hypothesized that IIC would have a beneficial impact on IDs with an outgroup member when the dialogue is focused on differences between ingroup and outgroup. In the experiment, 151 people (80 women) participated. It revealed that after IIC, both the dialogue author's confrontational attitude and the interlocutor's integrative attitude decreased. Thus, IIC made participants less inclined to gain an advantage over their imagined outgroup interlocutors and more inclined to give them freedom in IDs. However, the effect was significant only when the author's involvement in ID was high or medium.
“…In previous studies (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ,, , ), the correlation between the indices of general integration (INT) and general confrontation (CONF) was non‐significant and close to zero. Similar results were obtained in the current study, in both the experimental (see Table ) and control (see Table ) groups.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…Several studies show that general integration and general confrontation as defined in the two‐dimensional model of ID are not correlated with each other (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ,, , ), thereby supporting their theoretically postulated independence. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the integrative and confrontational attitudes of the ID author and his/her interlocutor can be related, reflecting different patterns of integrative and confrontational characteristics of IDs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…The confrontational attitude of a given party reflects his/her perceived advantage over the opposing party (treating him‐/herself as the winner and the partner as the loser). Since confrontation is defined as an imbalance of power between the winner and loser in an ID, it is assumed that the greater the difference in the intensity of parties’ confrontational attitudes, the greater the general confrontation (Puchalska‐Wasyl, , , ).…”
Puchalska -Wasyl, M. M. (2019). Can imagined intergroup contact change (internal) dialogues on differences between ingroup and outgroup? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 60, 181-188.Several positive functions have been ascribed to integrative internal dialogues (IDs), which are based on mutual openness to a partner's viewpoint and a readiness to consider his/her arguments in order to potentially modify one's own stance. As the technique of imagined intergroup contact (IIC) favorably influences attitudes towards outgroup members, it was hypothesized that IIC would have a beneficial impact on IDs with an outgroup member when the dialogue is focused on differences between ingroup and outgroup. In the experiment, 151 people (80 women) participated. It revealed that after IIC, both the dialogue author's confrontational attitude and the interlocutor's integrative attitude decreased. Thus, IIC made participants less inclined to gain an advantage over their imagined outgroup interlocutors and more inclined to give them freedom in IDs. However, the effect was significant only when the author's involvement in ID was high or medium.
“…Studies have shown that Faithful Friend and Ambivalent Parent are two types of internal interlocutors characteristic of integrative IDs (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ). Another study found that high openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness, combined with low neuroticism and anxious or avoidant attachments, are associated with higher integrative attitudes in both parties in the ID (Puchalska‐Wasyl, ). Finally, one study using canonical correlation analysis has shown that the greater the similarity between ID parties the stronger the author's and interlocutor's integrative attitudes, and the weaker the author's confrontational attitude.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In light of the two‐dimensional model of ID (Puchalska‐Wasyl, , , ) which is adopted in this paper, general integration depends on integrative attitudes of both parties. Therefore, two additional hypotheses, which are in fact supplementary to the H2, were posed: H2a.…”
Numerous positive functions are ascribed to integrative internal dialogues (IDs). Additionally, IDs simulating social relationships are thought to serve as "prototypes" for interpersonal communication. Therefore, it would be useful to know how to increase the frequency of integrative IDs. Previous studies exploring the relationship between similarity to an imagined interlocutor and the integration in ID have produced inconsistent results. The aim of the present study was to examine the moderating and mediating factors in this relationship. Data from 119 people (mostly students) were analysed. Before the participants conducted IDs, they had written down 3 characteristics common to them and to their interlocutor. Finally, the Integration-Confrontation questionnaire was completed. Plausibility of ID was a moderator of the relationship between similarity to imagined interlocutor and integration in IDs; this relationship was significantly positive at lower plausibility, but non-significant at high plausibility. Perceived similarity in ID exerted an indirect effect on ID's integration in 2 ways. The first pathway was through identifying with the interlocutor and the author's integrative attitude, suggesting a mechanism in line with social identity theory. The second potential mechanism, which seems to be consistent with similarity-attraction theory, was connected with the wishfulness of IDs and the interlocutor's integrative attitude.
Although a number of studies have demonstrated links between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being, only a few have examined what makes religious/spiritual struggle increase or decrease well-being. The present paper aims to examine different forms of internal dialogues (IDs) as potential mediators of the relationship between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being among Roman Catholics. There were 143 respondents (81 female) who participated in the study. We applied the Religious and Spiritual Struggle Scale, the Internal Dialogical Activity Scale, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale. The results showed that religious/spiritual struggle triggers IDs. Three types of IDs-ruminative, supportive, and social simulation dialogues-were mediators in the relationship between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being. Although religious/spiritual struggle decreased well-being through its effect on ruminative dialogues, it improved well-being through its effects on supportive and social simulation dialogues.
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