2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 4

Romantic relationships have been defined in countless ways, by writers, philosophers, religions, scientists, and in the modern day, relationship counsellors whereas; conflict is a disagreement of ideas and interests. Conflict resolution is known as the method and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflicts. This research explores the gender differences on the grounds of conflict and resolution strategy among the romantically involves young adults of GBPUA&T, Pantnagar and PAU, Ludhiana. Snowball sampling was employed to select 400 respondents (200 from each university). Findings showed that in both universities, romantically involved boys reported significantly more conflict due to making decisions without consulting their partners’ opinion, resistance to change their behaviour and in digging out old issues whereas, girls reported significantly more conflict on common friend related issues and unfulfilled promises. It was also evident that romantically involved young girls practiced significantly more compromise and submission as a strategy for conflict resolution whereas, boys practiced significantly more avoidance, domination and separation as a strategy for conflict resolution.