Case Study: Managing Conflict Through Forgiveness

In short, this case study goes into details on how to manage a conflict through forgiveness, we learned there are several ways to respond to Managing a conflict through forgiveness. Therefore, in this case study I will define some key concepts in the case study that relates to our reading assignment. Firstly, in the case study, Dave’s lied to his girlfriend and took his ex-girl Tina’s to the concert is compared can be compared to one of the key concept relationship transgressions. Relational transgressions are defined as extremely problematic situations in which core rules of a relationship are violated, leaving high emotional residues (Cahn, D., &. Abigail, R. A, 2014, p. 204). Therefore, in a relationship, your partner should be your best friend so, there are rules that shouldn’t be broken and anything dealing with your partner ex will always cause a conflict and lying to your best friend will also cause a conflict (Cahn, D., &. Abigail, R. A, 2014, p. 204). …show more content…
Even though, Dave’s had an understandable reason for not telling her, but by her statement when she said that, “In my heart, I wanted to give him another chance, but my mind was made up. I told him I was not going to see him again. Before we hung up, he said that everyone deserves a second chance and I was being unreasonable. I heard him but my mind was made up.” (Cahn, D., &. Abigail, R. A, 2014, p. 204). For the most part, Tina’s actions showed that she has a problem with forgiving people know matter how small or big the conflict is. Therefore, a key concept forgiveness comes into play and is defined as a cognitive process that consists of letting go when she stated, “I heard him, but my mind was made up (Cahn, D., &. Abigail, R. A, 2014, p.