Peer mediation: conflict as an opportunity of change
Peer mediation: conflict as an opportunity of change

Summary/Abstract: Conflict is a normal, natural part of everyday life, the legitimate outcome of interactions between even the most well meaning individuals. From our first moments of life to our last, humans beings are continually involved in conflicts. We conflict over mundane inanities as well as the most pressing issues of the times. No aspect of life is resistant to becoming the focus of human conflict. Conflict is not only a normal part of living, it is also a necessary part. It is through the friction of forces in opposition that things change. Fields as diverse as political science, biology, physics, and religion all view conflict as a source of potentially positive change and growth. It also plays an especially significant role in human psychological development. The conflicts that we face in our lives shape our characters, our cultures, and our world. But conflicts are not always positive. Most of the ideas free-associated with the word “conflict” are decidedly negative (fighting, pain, violence) and, on an emotional level, people can feel unloved, angry and depressed as a result of conflicts. Certainly, then, conflict can have destructive as well as constructive consequences.

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