A Comparative Analysis Between Muslim and Non-Muslim Self-Construals and Conflict Styles in France and Britain.

This study is a cross-cultural investigation of the conflict styles and self-construals of Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain and France. The sample consisted of 1198 participants from both nations. The findings reveal Muslims in both nations overwhelmingly prefer to use the integrating conflict style over other conflict styles. Non-Muslims in both nations also prefer this style, but also use other styles significantly. The findings also reveal Muslims show a significantly more interdependent self-construal, while non-Muslims display an independent self-construal. Furthermore, the study concluded that religiosity and ethnic identification are all significant predictors of avoiding, compromising, integrating, and obliging conflict styles. An independent self-construal and ethnic identification significantly predicted a dominating conflict style. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]