Even though conflict appears to be a common phenomenon in human experience, each person deals with it differently. In a variety of studies regarding conflict, the way in which people manage it has received a great deal of attention. Styles of conflict management are characterized by the general tendency for an individual to display a certain type of conflict behavior repeatedly and across situations (Cupach and Canary, 1997). Because of reliance on certain styles more than others, “[c]onflict‐handling styles are viewed as relatively stable personal dispositions or individual differences” (Ruble and Schneer, 1994, p. 157).