Experience Of Conflict Research Articles

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The purpose of this study is to explore the factors contributing to organizational conflict and analyze the meaning of organizational conflict as perceived by early childhood teachers working in early childhood education institutions. A review of the literature revealed that research on organizational conflict has extensively examined factors such as communication, job satisfaction, resilience, burnout, organizational climate, organizational culture, and organizational effectiveness. Additionally, the factors contributing to organizational conflict were categorized into individual and group dimensions, resulting in eight conflict factors: communication, job satisfaction, burnout, resilience, organizational culture, organizational climate, organizational effectiveness, and social support. An analysis of the meanings derived from experiences of conflict in organizations, collected through open-ended surveys based on the classified categories, revealed that teachers experience conflict due to challenges in communication, relationships, expression, methods, goals, and adaptation. Despite these various organizational conflicts, the majority of teachers working in early childhood education institutions expressed high job satisfaction derived from the growth of young children and the gratitude expressed by children and their parents. Furthermore, factors such as the principal's interest in teachers, leadership, competence, and the qualifications or roles of the institution's director significantly influenced teachers' job satisfaction and sometimes served as determinants in decisions to leave their positions.

Emotional Intelligence and Work-Life Balance in Employees

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Emotional Intelligence and work-life balance on the quality of life of workers. The study used a quantitative methodology to meet the objectives of the study. While on the other hand, primary data was collected from responses to questionnaires widely distributed on the Google Forms platform. The sample of the study consisted of workers from different public and private sectors in the city of Tirana. In general, the participants in this study were a young age group, newly familiar with work and as such may still be trying to balance not only work-family conflicts but also to manage emotional intelligence in the workplace. The results of the study showed that there is no significant relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Work-Family conflict among the study participants. However, there was a significant relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Family-Work conflicts. The study also found that a high emotional intelligence also translated into a better quality of life among the study respondents, and these results varied depending on age, gender, education, length of time in the current job, and overall work experience. This synthesis of research on work-family conflict and emotional intelligence offers a multifaceted contribution to theory, practice, and policy. By integrating findings from diverse theoretical frameworks, it enhances our understanding of the complex interplay between emotional intelligence and the experience of work-family conflict. Practically, it highlights the significance of emotional intelligence in managing work-family conflict, suggesting interventions such as training programs and supportive organizational cultures. From a policy perspective, it suggests incorporating emotional intelligence measures into recruitment and advocating for work-life balance policies. These insights pave the way for more effective strategies to promote well-being and productivity in the workplace.

Empirical Approach in Border Defense in the North Natuna Sea

This research explores an empiricist approach in the context of border defense in the North Natuna Sea, an area rich in strategic natural resources that requires intensive protection to maintain Indonesia's national and economic security. The research method used is a descriptive qualitative approach, with a focus on the analysis of literature studies that include scientific publications, government reports, and policy documents related to the use of field data in the context of defense. The results of this study show that an empirical approach is the main foundation in the formation of Indonesian policies related to the North Natuna Sea, supported by learning from previous conflict experiences such as the cases of Sipadan and Ligitan Islands. By leveraging strong field evidence, Indonesia ensures that every step taken is based on accurate and verified data. This approach not only enhances Indonesia's legal legitimacy in safeguarding its territorial sovereignty, but also provides a solid foundation for maintaining regional stability and national security in strategic areas such as North Natuna.

Cardiovascular disease burden in the North Africa and Middle East region: an analysis of the global burden of disease study 1990–2021

AimsCardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the North Africa and Middle East (NAME) region. Due to the paucity of research on this issue, we aimed to estimate the burden of CVD and its attributable risk factors in the NAME region.Methods and resultsData from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) were retrieved to estimate the incidence, prevalence, deaths, years of life lost, years lived with disability, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for CVD across 21 countries and both sexes. From 1990 to 2021, the incidence of CVD increased, but the age-standardized incidence rate slightly declined. The prevalence of CVD rose, with stable age-standardized prevalence rates. Additionally, the age-standardized DALY rate decreased from 11421.8 to 7353.8 per 100,000 people. Men consistently had higher rates of incidence, prevalence, deaths, and DALYs compared to women. Ischemic heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive heart disease were the leading causes of DALYs. Furthermore, high systolic blood pressure, dietary risks, and high LDL cholesterol were the top risk factors across NAME countries. countries with a history of war or ongoing conflict experience higher rates of death, disease burden (DALYs), and disease incidence compared to countries without such a history.ConclusionDespite the Progress in reducing the CVD burden in the NAME region, CVD remains a major public health problem, specifically due to significant sex disparities and various socio-economic factors. The study highlights the need for targeted interventions addressing these disparities and socio-economic determinants.Clinical trial numbernot applicable.

Conflict reducing practices in evolution education are associated with increases in evolution acceptance in a large naturalistic study.

Evolution is an important part of biology education, but many college biology students do not accept important components of evolution, like the evolution of humans. Practices that reduce perceived conflict between religion and evolution have been proposed to increase student evolution acceptance. This study investigates college student experiences of conflict reducing practices in evolution education and how these experiences are related to their gains in acceptance of human evolution during evolution instruction. We measured the natural variation in student experiences of conflict reducing practices among 6,719 college biology students in 55 courses and 14 states including (1) their experiences of an instructor demonstrating religion-evolution compatibility by presenting examples of religious leaders and scientists who accept evolution and (2) their experiences of an instructor emphasizing students' autonomy in their own decision to accept evolution or not. We also measured student acceptance of human evolution before and after instruction so that we could test whether any changes in evolution acceptance were associated with student experiences of the conflict reducing practices. Linear mixed models showed that highly religious Christian students accepted evolution more when they perceived more compatibility practices. Further, students from all religious and non-religious affiliations accepted human evolution more after instruction when they perceived more autonomy practices. These results indicate that integrating examples of religion compatibility in evolution education will positively impact Christian students' views on evolution and that emphasizing students' autonomy over their decision to accept evolution may be important for students more broadly. If instructors incorporate practices that emphasize compatibility and one's personal choice to accept or not accept evolution, then these results suggest that students will leave their college biology classes accepting evolution more. Perhaps by using more conflict reducing practices, instructors can help increase evolution acceptance levels that have remained low in the United States for decades.

Beyond Collective Victimhood: How Diverse Conflict Knowledge Relates to Community Cohesion

ABSTRACTIn conflict‐affected societies, collective victimization can undermine social cohesion or foster narrow ingroup bonding and parochialism. We examine whether the possibility to know and freely communicate about diverse conflict experiences, which go beyond collective (ingroup) victimhood, can serve as a resource for community cohesion (i.e., community attachment and efficacy). Nationally representative surveys from two conflict‐ridden societies, Sri Lanka (N = 1188) and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (N = 1000), reveal that individuals with broader knowledge of diverse conflict experiences exhibit stronger attachment to their local communities and perceive them as more efficacious, but only when they believe knowledge of these experiences can be shared within their community. Conversely, diverse conflict knowledge is related to a lower sense of community cohesion when individuals perceive diverse conflict experiences as unspeakable in their community. The findings contribute to our understanding of the potential effects of violent conflict on social cohesion and highlight the importance of openness to discuss the full range of conflict experiences.

Stigma trajectories, disclosure, access to care, and peer-based supports among African, Caribbean, and Black im/migrant women living with HIV in Canada: findings from a cohort of women living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada

BackgroundAfrican, Caribbean, and Black im/migrant women experience a disproportionate burden of HIV relative to people born in Canada, yet there is scarce empirical evidence about the social and structural barriers that influence access to HIV care. The objectives of this study is to estimate associations between African, Caribbean, and Black background and stigma and non-consensual HIV disclosure outcomes, and to understand how experiences of stigma and im/migration trajectories shape access to HIV care and peer supports among African, Caribbean, and Black im/migrant women living with HIV in Canada.MethodsThis mixed-methods analysis draws on interviewer-administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with self-identifying African, Caribbean, and Black women living with HIV in the community-based SHAWNA (Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS: Women’s Longitudinal Needs Assessment) cohort. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression using generalized estimating equations (GEE) were performed to estimate associations between African, Caribbean, and Black background and stigma and non-consensual HIV disclosure outcomes. Drawing on a social and structural determinants of health framework, qualitative analysis of interviews elucidated the interplay between migration trajectories, stigma, racialization, and HIV.ResultsAmongst our participants (n = 291), multivariable GEE analysis revealed that African, Caribbean, and Black participants (n = 15) had significantly higher odds of recently being outed without consent as living with HIV (AOR 2.34, 95% CI 0.98–5.57). Additionally, African, Caribbean, and Black participants had higher odds of recent verbal or physical abuse due to their HIV status (AOR 2.11, 95% CI 0.65–6.91). Reflecting on their im/migration trajectories, participants’ narratives (n = 9) highlighted experiences of political violence and conflict, trauma, stigma, and discrimination associated with HIV in their place of origin and the racialization and stigmatization of HIV in Canada. Fear of disclosure without consent was linked to barriers of accessing care and peer-based supports.ConclusionOur findings indicate that im/migration trajectories of African, Caribbean, and Black women living with HIV are critically related to accessing HIV care and supports in Canada and compound HIV stigma and discrimination. HIV disclosure without consent complicates access to care and social/peer support, underscoring the need for privacy, confidentiality, and the importance of building trust in the context of clinical encounters. The results of this study emphasize the critical need for culturally sensitive trauma-informed care models rooted in peer-based approaches.

Making sense of peace in exile? Displaced people’s intersectional perceptions of peace

ABSTRACT This article enquires into how people with lived experiences of conflict and displacement make sense of peace in exile. For the analysis, the article focuses on displaced individuals in Kenya and Germany and theoretically complements the varieties of peace framework, situated knowledge and an intersectional approach. Findings reveal multifaceted perceptions revolving around the three dimensions of structural, collective and individual peace, outlooks shaped by gender-specific experiences, religious beliefs and familial relations. Interlocutors associate structural peace with experiences of sociopolitical, economic and legal conditions in exile, collective peace with support systems and harmonious interactions in communities, and individual or inner peace with desires for and feelings of happiness, hope and healing. Although analytically distinguishable, these three dimensions are inherently intertwined in interlocutors’ daily lives due to their lived experiences prior to and once in exile.

Attitude-based self-regulation: A diary study on the role of attitudes in the experience and resolution of self-control conflicts in the context of vegetarians.

Attitude-based self-regulation: A diary study on the role of attitudes in the experience and resolution of self-control conflicts in the context of vegetarians.

Help! I Have Been Thinking to Do It Lately: Workplace Mistreatment and Suicidal Ideation Among Internship Students in Klang Valley

Workplace mistreatment, such as bullying, abusive supervision, and interpersonal conflict, is increasingly conceded as a critical issue affecting the mental health of junior professionals, particularly interns. Due to their momentary status, high expectations, and lack of support, interns are highly susceptible to negative workplace interactions that can lead to severe psychological outcomes such as including suicidal ideation. Drawing on the Fluid Vulnerability Theory, this study aims to examine the prevalence and impact of various forms of workplace mistreatment on suicidal ideation among internship students in Malaysia, providing insights for effective intervention strategies. The study used a cross-sectional research design and involved 247 internship students from the Faculty of Business and Management at UiTM Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Data were collected through a structured online questionnaire assessing experiences of workplace bullying, abusive supervision, interpersonal conflict, and suicidal ideation. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression analysis, were employed to examine the relationships between the variables. The analysis revealed significant correlations between workplace bullying, abusive supervision, and interpersonal conflict with suicidal ideation. Regression models indicated that workplace bullying and interpersonal conflict were significant predictors of suicidal ideation, accentuating the critical need for targeted interventions in educational and professional environments. The findings suggest that workplace mistreatment significantly contributes to suicidal ideation among interns, highlighting the importance of developing supportive interventions and policies. Addressing workplace mistreatment through targeted programs can improve mental health outcomes for young professionals and foster healthier work environments.

Fast & furious: Rejecting the hypothesis that secondary psychopathy improves reaction time-based concealed information detection.

Deception, a complex aspect of human behavior, is inherently difficult to detect directly. A valid alternative involves memory detection, particularly through methods such as the Reaction-Time based Concealed Information Test (RT-CIT). The RT-CIT assesses whether an individual possesses specific knowledge by presenting various probe (familiar) items amidst irrelevant (unfamiliar) items. The task-required "unfamiliar" response to probes may induce a response conflict. Resolving this conflict, by inhibiting the automatic "familiar" response, takes time and slows probe RTs-a phenomenon known as the RT-CIT effect. Notably, secondary psychopathy is characterized by disinhibition and impulsivity, traits which may hinder the ability to effectively manage experienced conflict. Therefore, we hypothesized that secondary psychopathy would be associated with an elevated RT-CIT effect. To investigate this hypothesized relation, we conducted a pre-registered study (n = 86, student sample), employing a novel CIT paradigm that incorporates no-go trials to assess response inhibition capacity. Psychopathic traits were measured using the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy (LSRP) scale, while the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) assessed impulsivity. The novel CIT paradigm revealed impressive detection efficiency. However, contrary to our expectations, we observed no significant correlation between the RT-CIT effect and secondary psychopathic traits (BF01 = 6.98). This cautiously suggests that while secondary psychopathic tendencies do not improve RT-CIT validity, they also do not compromise it. Although future investigations should explore more diverse contexts and populations, this tentative finding is reassuring and underscores the robustness of the CIT paradigm.

8256 Early Life Stress and Pubertal Predictors of Youth Substance Use Initiation: Does Sex Moderate the Relationship Between ELS, Puberty, and Substance Use Initiation?

Abstract Disclosure: A. Donovan: None. S. Assari: None. M. Shaheen: None. C. Grella: None. L. Richter: None. T.C. Friedman: None. Background: Early life stress (ELS) is a construct composed of children’s experiences of abuse, neglect, and conflict. Approximately 20% of adolescents in the United States have experienced ELS at some point, and these experiences influence adolescent and adult health behavior outcomes. Adults with a history of ELS display higher rates of substance use disorders (SUD) and report earlier initiation of substance use. Additionally, ELS has been associated with early puberty, which in turn is linked to earlier substance use initiation. Our study examines the roles of pubertal status, sex hormones (estradiol, testosterone, and DHEA) and ELS as predictors of the initiation of substance use among a nationally representative sample of male and female adolescents in NIDA’s Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) database. Methods: Baseline measures from the ABCD database release 5.0 were used to generate an ELS score (0-60), puberty assessed via parental report on the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS, 1-4), and sex hormones (estradiol, testosterone, and DHEA) were analyzed via salivary samples. The relationship between these scores and time to first use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana was determined via survival analysis utilizing a cox regression. Age was tested as a covariate in the interaction of ELS and time to first use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana. Data were analyzed overall and for biological boys and girls separately (N=11,866, 52%M 48%F. ages 9-11 at baseline). Results: We observed additive effects of PDS score, estradiol measure, age, and ELS on time to first use of any substance (alcohol, nicotine, or marijuana) and found age (Exp β= 1.029, p<0.001) and ELS (Exp β= 1.017, p<0.05) to be significant predictors of time to first use. After separating by sex, ELS was no longer a significant predictor for males (Exp β= 1.014, p=0.054), but remained a predictor for females (Exp β= 1.019, p<0.05) indicating the overall effect was driven by females. Additionally, salivary estradiol was a significant predictor of first use for females (Exp β= 1.208, p<0.05), while salivary DHEA and testosterone were not predictors for males or females. Conclusions: Our results indicate sex does moderate the relationship between ELS and substance use initiation within our population, with females showing increased risk of initiation with increases in estradiol. Further findings from our study will help to describe sex differences among the factors that increase the risk of substance use initiation among ELS-exposed youth and explore how these vary by substance. ABCD provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore the mechanisms behind complex effects of ELS by sex on risk factors for adolescent substance use initiation. Presentation: 6/1/2024

Religious coping and maternal work-conflict: uncovering the pathways to well-being

ABSTRACT Most studies examining work-family conflict have utilized quantitative methodologies, which do not provide sufficient narrative information about participants’ experiences. This qualitative descriptive study describes both the religious and non-religious coping strategies employed by Twelve (N = 12) Conservative Protestant Working Mothers with school-aged children to manage work-family conflict. The CPWM shared their experiences of how they found balance and well-being. Two research questions guided this study: How do Conservative Protestant Working Mothers with school-aged children describe their experiences of work-family conflict when transitioning between the work and home environments? How do Conservative Protestant Working Mothers with school-aged children describe the coping strategies they use to reduce or resolve work-family conflict? Prayer was found to be a coping strategy used by all of the mothers in this study, it helped to reduce their stress levels and enhance their emotional well-being.

FAMILY CONFLICTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF CHILDREN A CASE OF KAYONZA DISTRICT IN RWANDA

The present study was carried out to examine the impacts of family conflict on the psychological well-being of children in Kayonza district, Eastern Province of Rwanda. It was based on three specific objectives: firstly, it assesses the experience of family conflict among children, secondly analyzes the impact of family conflict on psychological well-being of children and thirdly, establishes the relationship between family conflict and psychological well-being of children in Kayonza district of Rwanda. The research sought to provide valuable knowledge that could guide policymaking and interventions geared toward enhancing the well-being of children experiencing familial conflicts. The study employed a mixed of quantitative and qualitative research design. The target population comprised 750 participants from 258 families in Kayonza district from Mukarange sector. A sample of families who participated in the study were purposively selected and the sample size was calculated from the target population using Slovins formula. Contrary, children were randomly sampled from two secondary schools in Mukarange sectorin Kayonza District. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire ranked from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1) and the interview guide were used as the data collection instruments. The result findings indicated Pearson Correlation of .704** tested at a significant level of 0.01. This implies that Family conflicts affect psychological wellbeing of children. There is a need to develop and find programs that offer early intervention and support for families experiencing conflicts. These programs can provide counseling, mediation, and education on conflict resolution to help mitigate the negative effects on children.

Сombat operations model of a single self-propelled artillery system for the computer game ARMA 3

Military computer games are an important segment of the world media culture and media business. In addition to the entertainment aspect, military simulators play an important role in the training of future military specialists. However, quite often the scenario component of military gaming lags behind the rapid development of real military equipment. World experience of military conflicts of the 21st century shows that the most intensively developing segment of ground forces weapons is its artillery component. In this paper, a model of combat use of a new generation artillery system is developed. The model is intended for modification of the military game ARMA 3. The new generation artillery system is a large-caliber gun with a high level of automation. It has a high rate of fire, maneuverability, and shooting accuracy. Due to these qualities, the new generation artillery system is comparable in combat power to a unit of traditional guns and can carry out combat operations in single mode. A technique has been developed for dynamically assessing the current combat capability of an artillery system, taking into account the resource costs during fire activity, including indirect hits by the enemy. It is shown that in addition to traditional tactical counter-battery tasks, an artillery system can be used to destroy a suddenly emerging high-risk target. A high-risk target is a non-artillery system capable of causing very large damage in a short period of time. Based on the method of dynamically assessing the current combat capability, a tree of artillery system states is constructed. It includes the most probable states of the artillery system and the corresponding design parameters. A ratio is obtained that allows, for a known state of the artillery system, to estimate the number of shots needed to hit the target with the required guaranteed probability. Calculated examples show that a new-generation artillery system is capable of destroying a high-risk target, sometimes even at the cost of its own loss. The developed model is implemented and is being tested as a mod for the war game ARMA 3.

Echoes of conflict and displacement in maternal health: Life-course violence, timing, and maternal stress after childbirth at the northern Thailand-Myanmar border

Armed conflict, displacement, and related violence is escalating globally, concentrated among civilians and migrants in border areas, and poses grave harms to women and children. The current study investigates how women’s life-course experiences of conflict and displacement are linked to maternal stress and health outcomes after childbirth at the Thailand-Myanmar border, specifically stress, mental health, and cardiometabolic outcomes. Analyses are based on a cross-sectional population-based maternal and child health survey of 701 mothers, collected in 2017–18 in northern Thailand along the Myanmar border, including in camps, worksites, and residential homes. Results suggest that how conflict violence shapes contemporary stress and health depends on the outcome, level and timing of conflict violence exposure, and subsequent contextual threats and deprivation in displacement contexts. Past conflict violence was associated with symptoms of perceived stress (PS) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) but not depression. It was also associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity (hair cortisol concentration) and adiposity (waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio). Additionally, past conflict violence that began in childhood was particularly salient for PS, GAD, and adiposity; and level and timing of violence were salient jointly for HPA activity. Post-displacement factors also independently predicted higher blood pressure and played a potentially partial mediating role in the association between conflict exposure and both PS and GAD symptoms.

Decisional Conflicts in Patients With Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas Considering Active Surveillance

Internationally, active surveillance has been shown to be beneficial and safe in the management of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas. However, choosing active surveillance is a difficult treatment decision for patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas. To identify and analyze the antecedents and mediating processes of decisional conflicts when patients consider active surveillance as an alternative to surgery. In this qualitative study, semistructured interviews were conducted between April 2023 and December 2023 at 3 tertiary hospitals in China. Thirty-one participants who were diagnosed with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas, who had experienced considering active surveillance as an alternative to surgery and who scored above 25 on the decision conflict scale were purposively recruited. Inductive content analysis led to emergent themes. Data analysis was performed from April 2023 to February 2024. Methods used to protect the trustworthiness of the study results included audit trails and member checks. Patients' experience of decisional conflicts and the antecedents and mediating processes relating to these decisional conflicts. Among 31 participants (median [range] age, 39.2 [22-63] years; 22 [71%] were female and 9 [29%] were male), 3 themes were classified: (1) decisional conflicts in decision preparation, (2) decisional conflicts in decision-making, and (3) decisional conflicts in decision implementation. The patient's experiences of decisional conflicts were diverse and occurred throughout the entire decision-making process. The antecedents of the decisional conflicts included personal influencing factors, system-level influencing factors, and the relational-situational context. Patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas interacted with these antecedents in the process of decision-making and eventually failed to mediate, leading to decisional conflicts. This qualitative study found that patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas experienced clinically significant decisional conflicts and experienced considerable challenges and psychological problems in decision-making. The antecedents of decisional conflicts and accompanying mediating processes can provide guidance for individuals, health care professionals, and health care systems to provide decision support for patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas.

Two Paths to Violence: Individual versus Group Emotions during Conflict Escalation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Experiencing repression creates intense emotions and raises dilemmas about handling political action to achieve social change. Past studies suggest that mainly group-based emotions are associated with support for violent collective action while the exact influence of individual emotions remains unclear. This research compares the association of individual- versus group-based emotions with violent collective action while examining conflict context as the moderating factor. We propose to distinguish two context aspects—collective versus personal threat—determining the relative impact of individual versus group emotions on support for violence. We conducted two quantitative field studies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories during different types of conflict experience, defined by either prevalent personally experienced threat versus elevated collectively experienced threat (Study 1), or both (Study 2). Results indicate that for mainly collectively experienced threat, group (but not individual) emotions predicted violent collective action, while for personally experienced threat, individual (but not group) emotions predicted violent engagement.

Introduction: Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories

This Special Issue seeks to broaden our understanding of the role of ephemera and material culture in preserving conflict experiences and memories, with particular focus on the diverse—and potentially subversive—nature of family history, community narration, and generational transmission [...]

Understanding and resolving student conflicts: Perspectives and strategies in senior high schools across the Volta Region of Ghana

AbstractThis study investigates the dynamics, sources, and resolution strategies of student conflicts in senior high schools across the Volta Region of Ghana. Despite the implementation of various conflict resolution and peer mediation programs, challenges in effectively managing student disputes remain prevalent. These conflicts often stem from interpersonal and academic tensions, exacerbated by a complex mix of socio‐cultural backgrounds, economic disparities, and personal beliefs. Our analysis reveals significant gender differences in conflict experiences and resolutions, highlighting the need for gender‐sensitive and culturally informed approaches. The study employed a quantitative research design, utilizing a structured questionnaire to gather data from a representative sample of 661 students. The findings indicate that interpersonal conflicts with peers and academic‐related issues are the most common, with conflicts involving violence and guns being comparatively rare. Gender‐specific differences were notable in responses to conflicts involving school administration and cultural or ethnic disparities. The research underscores the importance of adopting comprehensive, culturally sensitive conflict resolution programs that are tailored to the unique socio‐cultural and educational context of the Volta Region. By addressing these nuanced needs, the study aims to enhance the educational landscape and foster an atmosphere conducive to effective dispute resolution. The findings contribute to the discourse on implementing effective, culturally responsive conflict resolution mechanisms in Ghanaian senior high schools, advocating for strategies that support the holistic development of students.