Acknowledgments -- Interpersonal conflict causes and patterns -- Conflict in everyday life -- Conflict management theories -- Competitive and cooperative conflict approaches -- Causes of conflict -- How sex/gender, race, culture, and generation affect conflict -- How power, trust, and humor affect conflict -- Conflict management skills -- Listening and seeking information -- Conflict style and emotional intelligence -- Negotiation -- Conflict assessment -- Conflict in specialized circumstances -- Bullies and difficult people -- Mediation and other conflict interventions -- Managing the aftermath: anger, apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation -- Conflict in context -- Families and conflict -- Conflict in intimate relationships -- Conflict in the workplace -- Conflict and social media -- Appendix -- Glossary.