In general, this case story the narrator husband is the one who is causing conflict in the house and I came to this conclusion when the narrator stated, “Duane really upsets me when he gets too controlling and starts ordering me and the kids around. When he gets this way, he says things like he wears the pants in the family or has the more demanding and better paying job. He often interrupts and talks over me. He also contradicts me and the kids in family discussions and says we don’t know what we are talking about” (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, para 2). Therefore, this relates to a key concept that is Conflict climate and is define as “psychological atmosphere impacting a conflict, to these opposing concepts: imbalance of power versus equity, competition versus cooperation, and distrust versus trust” (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, para 3). …show more content…
Duane makes statements like, “I have never lost an argument” in which is relatable to harmful conflict climate (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, para 2). Obviously, the narrator husband’s is having power issues as he wants everyone in the house that he’s in charge. In my opinion, he is showing signs of power abuse and as head of the household he’s seen by his kids as intimidating and threatening and his wife is demonstrating the signs of a powerless person by stating, “my friend tells me that I should assert myself more and stand up to him, but that isn’t my way” (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, para