Couple conflict in its damaging and constructive incarnations are explored in this book. A common thread throughout is that constructive conflict and negotiation are beneficial for relationships. The chapters address ways in which society can work to minimize destructive couple conflict and enhance couples’ abilities to constructively handle their differences. The roots of couple conflict including societal and bioevolutionary underpinnings and the effects of that conflict on the individuals, the couple, and on their children, and policies and programs that address couple conflict, are explored. This book is ideal for students, researchers, and clinicians interested in couple conflict.
