In line with expectations, results of this study suggest that when facing conflicts individuals themselves do not intuitively follow purely rational strategies, but are also influenced by their affect. In fact, despite the order of preference for conflict handling styles was the same for all groups, emotional groups significantly differ in their preference for some conflict management styles. Specifically, happy (high positive affect and low negative affect) participants tend to prefer cooperative conflict resolution strategies (integrating and compromising) more than do sad participants (low positive affect and high negative affect). Moreover, surprised (high positive affect and high negative affect) participants also tend to prefer integrating more than do individuals who have a negative emotional experience (i.e. sad participants).