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Ben And Katie's Conflict
I believe Katie and Bens relational style of conflict to be parallel. Both characters use mutually reinforcing behaviors while using the same tactics when addressing an issue. Katie and Bens matching hostility in their distressed marriage led to many escalatory spirals. At the same time, after the situation turned into a heated argument, the couple would withdraw from the situation with no solution falling into a de-escalatory spiral. Some of the main dilemmas in Ben and Katie’s conflict included the assertion of criticism. Ben attacked Katie for not being “the fun person” she used to be. And Katie attacked been from being “inattentive” and insensitive to her needs. Due to their lack of listening to one another, Defensiveness ruled out
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