Reflection Paper #5 (Chapters 9, 10, 11) Analysis of an Interpersonal Relationship

In this paper, you will analyze a current or past relationship. This relationship can be a friendship or a romantic relationship. Briefly describe the time period in which this relationship occurred or is occurring and who the other person is to you, describing the relational type utilizing terms from Chapter 10. What are the costs and rewards of this relationship (pp. 284-286)? Describe at least one dialectical tension in the relationship and how you managed it (pp. 288-291). Describe a time when you had a conflict with this individual. What was the conflict trigger (pp. 360-361)? What were the elements of the conflict (pp. 353-355)? What were the characteristics of the conflict (content, relational, and procedural dimensions, direct/indirectness, harm/benefit (pp. 357-360)? What were the impacts of sex, gender, and culture on the conflict (pp. 362-365)? What characteristics and forms of power were present in the conflict (pp. 367-375)? Finally, what problematic conflict behaviors were present and which of the five general strategies did you use to manage the conflict (pp. 375-381)?