Arguing in Mexico: How Uniquely Mexican Is It?. Issue 4 (4th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hample, Dale; Leal, Fernando; Suro, Judith
• Is Part Of: Journal of intercultural communication research. Volume 50:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 389
• Page End: 408
• Publication Date: 2021-07-04
• Subjects: Argumentation -- mexico -- interpersonal arguing -- argumentativeness -- conflict -- cross-cultural communication; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 303.482
• DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2021.1910066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-5759

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In legal and educational circles, the quality of arguments has become a growing national concern in Mexico. We examined the motivations, understandings, and private reactions to arguing among Mexican college students, and compare these to data from the United States. Mexican men were more aggressive than women, which is not the case in all nations studied to this point. Mexicans were very substantially more oriented to civility than U.S. respondents, more sophisticated in their understandings of interpersonal arguing, and far less inclined to take conflicts personally. Power distance was a substantial predictor for many of the measures used here.