In this paper, we report on the orientations of Turkish college students to interpersonal arguing and compare them with American students’ predispositions for arguing. In measuring the argument orientations, a group of instruments was utilized: argument motivations, argument frames, and taking conflict personally. Turkish data come from 300 college students who were asked to complete self-report surveys. Analyses contrast the mean scores of the Turkish and American respondents, offer gender-based comparisons in the Turkish data, and show whether religiosity has an effect on Turkish students’ arguing orientations. In order to give an explanatory account of the argument motivations of Turkish college students, the relevant socio-cultural and political facts about Turkey were also considered. Our investigation has revealed that Turkish students have more advanced and positive understandings of interpersonal arguing compared to American ones. We have also found clear sex-typing between Turkish male and female students, and have discovered some limited evidence for religiosity’s relevance to interpersonal arguing.

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土耳其和美国大学生辩论取向的跨文化研究：沉默真的是土耳其学生的金和言语银吗？

在本文中，我们报告了土耳其大学生对人际争论的倾向，并将其与美国学生的争论倾向进行了比较。在衡量论证方向时，使用了一组工具：论证动机、论证框架和个人冲突。土耳其数据来自 300 名被要求完成自我报告调查的大学生。分析对比了土耳其和美国受访者的平均分数，在土耳其数据中提供基于性别的比较，并显示宗教信仰是否对土耳其学生的争论取向有影响。为了解释土耳其大学生的争论动机，还考虑了有关土耳其的相关社会文化和政治事实。我们的调查显示，与美国学生相比，土耳其学生对人际争论有更先进和更积极的理解。我们还发现土耳其男女学生之间存在明显的性别特征，并发现了一些有限的证据表明宗教信仰与人际争论的相关性。