Relationship between Individual Characteristics and conflict management strategies among wrestling clubs of Golestan province

The study of relationship between individual characteristics and conflict management strategies among wrestling clubs of Golestan province was aims of this article. The research methodology was descriptive-correlational and the data was collected via field procedure. The population of the study consisted of all adult wrestlers with four years of experience in wrestling clubs in Golestan province at the time of research (N=190). The participants of the study were 125 wrestlers who were selected from among the population based on cluster random sampling. The sample size was determined using Morgan table. To assess strategies of conflict management, Putnam's questionnaire (1991) was used. The results showed that, the participants' mean score of conflict management strategies was 3.209, out of the total score 5, with the standard deviation of 0.476. Collaborating strategy with average score of 3.590 and a standard deviation of 0.763, maximum and avoidance strategy whit mean score 2.918 and standard deviation of 0.641 was the lowest. And there was a significant relationship between conflict management strategies and the selection of the individual characteristics of subjects.