TY - JOUR
T1 - When Hurt Continues
T2 - Taking Conflict Personally Leads to Rumination, Residual Hurt and Negative Motivations Toward Someone Who Hurt Us
AU - Miller, Courtney Waite
AU - Roloff, Michael E.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Individuals sometimes are hurt by the comments of others, and residual feelings of hurt are experienced after the episode. Because of individuals' tendency to ruminate, we argue that residual hurt and its consequences may be especially common among individuals who tend to take conflict personally (TCP). We hypothesized that TCP would be positively related to motivations to avoid and to seek revenge against offenders, and these relationships will be mediated by the link between rumination and residual hurt. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a survey among undergraduates about how they reacted to a hurtful message. We confirmed our hypotheses.
AB - Individuals sometimes are hurt by the comments of others, and residual feelings of hurt are experienced after the episode. Because of individuals' tendency to ruminate, we argue that residual hurt and its consequences may be especially common among individuals who tend to take conflict personally (TCP). We hypothesized that TCP would be positively related to motivations to avoid and to seek revenge against offenders, and these relationships will be mediated by the link between rumination and residual hurt. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a survey among undergraduates about how they reacted to a hurtful message. We confirmed our hypotheses.
KW - Avoidance
KW - Hurtful Messages
KW - Revenge
KW - Rumination
KW - Taking Conflict Personally
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U2 - 10.1080/01463373.2014.890118
DO - 10.1080/01463373.2014.890118
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898442851
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 62
SP - 193
EP - 213
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -