Techniques of marital conflict among employee

Abstract

The present study aimed to achieve the following objectives:

1.     To develop a Marital Conflict Techniques Scale suitable for the Iraqi context.

2.     To identify the marital conflict techniques used by married male employees.

3.     To identify the marital conflict techniques used by married female employees.

To accomplish these objectives, the researcher translated and adapted the revised and expanded version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) developed by Straus M. A. (2007, p. 195) to make it culturally appropriate for the Iraqi environment. After ensuring the accuracy of the translation and establishing face validity, the scale was administered to a representative sample of the research population, consisting of 437 participants selected through proportional stratified random sampling. The participants were married employees from colleges affiliated with Al-Mustansiriya University. The sample included 220 married male employees and 217 married female employees.

After establishing the psychometric properties of the scale and applying the appropriate statistical methods, the following results were obtained:

 A culturally appropriate scale for measuring marital conflict techniques in the Iraqi context was developed, consisting of 27 items distributed across four techniques: negotiation (8 items), psychological aggression (6 items), physical assault (8 items), and physical injury (5 items).

Both married male and female employees predominantly used the negotiation technique to resolve marital conflicts at a significantly higher level than the other techniques.

In light of these findings, the researcher presented a set of recommendations and suggestions