Sentence examples for a negative conflict from inspiring English sources

"Importantly, we found that when couples are engaging in a negative conflict pattern like demand or withdrawal, expressions of gratitude and appreciation can counteract or buffer the negative effects of this type of interaction on marital stability," study co-author Ted Futris, an associate professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, told the journal.

The findings could help married couples - and all relationships - to tackle negative conflict issues and improve the quality of their relationship, added Dr Barton.

Generally it can be argued that not all the outcomes of conflict are negative; conflict can be constructive if it enhances decision-making quality [ 22].

Selling junk in schools sends a negative and conflicting message about how important good nutrition is for an over-all healthier life.

I faced all of my issues with a positive attitude and low expectations, and because of that, all of my negative conflicts have just become learning curves.

Contrary to evidence from other conflicts [ 8, 34- 37] as well as from Nepal [ 38- 40] of a negative impact of conflict on the health of populations, we found that in Nepal progress has been made in most health indicators.

Further, when children take active part in, are witness to or victims of adults' inability to resolve conflicts peacefully and through dialogue, this creates patterns of intolerance, discrimination and violence, which are likely to be repeated in the future, thus perpetuating a negative model of conflict resolution within their family and social lives.

It actively lobbied against action to reduce emissions – a 2015 analysis gave BP the lowest rating - a "negative and actively conflicting approach to climate change regulation".

Therefore a positive κ indicates non-random agreement between judges, and a negative κ indicates conflicting annotation between judges.

He expresses success as a negative: the absence of conflict or its shadow.

Under sexual conflict, a negative genetic correlation between fitness-related traits is predicted between the sexes.