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'''Conflict resolution''' is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of [[Conflict (process)|conflict]] and [[Revenge|retribution]]. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information about their conflicting motives or ideologies to the rest of group (e.g., intentions; reasons for holding certain beliefs) and by engaging in collective [[negotiation]].<ref name=F>{{cite book|author-link1=Donelson R. Forsyth |last1=Forsyth |first1=Donelson R. |date=19 March 2009 |title=Group Dynamics |edition= 5th |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Wadsworth [[Cengage Learning]] |isbn=978-0495599524 }}</ref> Dimensions of resolution typically parallel the dimensions of conflict in the way the conflict is processed. Cognitive resolution is the way disputants understand and view the conflict, with beliefs, perspectives, understandings and attitudes. Emotional resolution is in the way disputants feel about a conflict, the emotional energy. Behavioral resolution is reflective of how the disputants act, their behavior.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Bernard |date=27 March 2012 |title=The Dynamics of Conflict: A Guide to Engagement and Intervention |edition= 2nd |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Jossey-Bass |isbn=978-0470613535 }}</ref> Ultimately a wide range of methods and procedures for addressing conflict exist, including [[negotiation]], [[mediation]], mediation-arbitration,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-conflict-resolution.htm|title=Conflict Resolution|last=Methods|first=Conflict Resolution|date=14 March 2016|work=14 March 2016|access-date=14 March 2016|via=wisegeek}}</ref> [[diplomacy]], and creative [[peacebuilding]].<ref>Rapoport, A. (1989). The origins of violence: Approaches to the study of conflict. New York, NY: Paragon House.</ref><ref>Rapoport, A. (1992). Peace: An idea whose time has come. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.</ref>

[[Dispute resolution]] is conflict resolution limited to [[law]], such as arbitration and litigation processes.<ref>Burton, J. (1990) Conflict: Resolution and Prevention. New York: St Martin's Press.</ref> The concept of conflict resolution can be thought to encompass the use of nonviolent resistance measures by conflicted parties in an attempt to promote effective resolution.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first=Adam |editor2-last=Ash |editor2-first=Timothy Garton |date=3 September 2009 |title=Civil Resistance and Power Politics:The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780199552016 }}</ref>