Journal of Innovation and Research in Primary Education
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026)

Conflict Resolution Skills of Fifth-Grade Primary School Students: A Dimensional Analysis Based on Crawford and Bodine's Framework

Syahid Syahid (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Ernawulan Syaodih (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Wahyu Sopandi (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Atep Sujana (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Apr 2026

Abstract

Conflict resolution skills are critical social-emotional competencies for primary school students, yet the dimensional profile of these skills in the Indonesian context remains insufficiently documented.  This study employed a quantitative descriptive survey design to examine the conflict resolution skills of 53 fifth-grade students at SDN 1 Karangreja and SDN 2 Karangreja, Karangreja District. Data were collected using a 54-item, four-point Likert scale questionnaire developed on the basis of Crawford and Bodine's (1996) six-dimensional framework, encompassing orientation, perception, emotional management, communication, creative thinking, and critical thinking skills. The instrument demonstrated satisfactory validity and high reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.87). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.  All six dimensions fell within the Moderate mastery category. Communication skills recorded the highest mean score (57.02%), followed by orientation (56.39%), while emotional management yielded the lowest score (43.19%). These findings indicate that students possess foundational but incomplete conflict resolution competencies, with relational-communicative skills more developed than affective and higher-order cognitive capacities — a pattern that challenges a strictly linear reading of Crawford and Bodine's developmental sequence. The study contributes a theoretically grounded, empirically differentiated competency profile to the discourse on social-emotional learning in Indonesian primary education, with implications for curriculum design and targeted instructional intervention.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jirpe

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Journal of Innovation and Research in Primary Education (JIRPE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research and review articles primarily but limited to the area of elementary school education. It brings together academics and researchers from different countries who ...