Associations of Taking Conflict Personally with Mental and Physical Health: An Allostatic Load Perspective

Timothy Ryan Worley; Lindsey Susan Aloia

doi:10.1080/1041794X.2019.1587641

Associations of Taking Conflict Personally with Mental and Physical Health: An Allostatic Load Perspective

Timothy Ryan Worley, Lindsey Susan Aloia

Communication Arts and Sciences

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Building from an allostatic load perspective, this study tested mental and physical health outcomes associated with taking conflict personally. Four hundred and thirty-seven students completed measures assessing direct personalization, persecution feelings, stress reactions, positive relational effects, negative relational effects, and like/dislike valence; mental health; and physical health. Persecution feelings and like/dislike valence were negatively associated with mental health; negative relational effects were positively associated with mental health; direct personalization and persecution feelings were negatively associated with physical health; and like/dislike valence was positively associated with physical health. Results indicated partial support for a model in which mental health mediated associations between taking conflict personally and physical health.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	141-151
Number of pages	11
Journal	Southern Communication Journal
Volume	84
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2019.1587641
State	Published - May 27 2019

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