{"id":7386,"date":"2017-09-08T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T02:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethbader.com\/elizabethbadersblog\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2022-05-20T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:00:51","slug":"idr-cycle-psychology-mediation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethbader.com\/elizabethbadersblog\/idr-cycle-psychology-mediation\/","title":{"rendered":"The IDR Cycle and the Psychology of Mediation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Elizabeth<\/a><\/i><\/i>Introduction to the IDR Cycle<\/b><\/h4>\n

Most people tend to take conflict personally, and the outcome of a mediation as a reflection of who they are.<\/p>\n

We speak of this phenomena when we speak of the importance of “face” or “ego” issues in mediation. In the psychological literature, these issues are called issues of self-esteem and self-identity.<\/p>\n

To see my full articles on this subject, please see Issues of Self and Identity and the IDR Cycle<\/a><\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and The Psychology and Neurobiology of Mediation<\/a><\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

For a series of excerpts from the article, please go here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In these articles, I identify and describe the IDR cycle, a core psychological dynamic in mediation, which is described briefly below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Inflation\/Overconfidence Stage: The Key to the IDR Cycle<\/b><\/h4>\n

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The first stage of the IDR cycle is what I call \u201cinflation\u201d and what social psychologists call \u201coverconfidence.\u201d Numerous research studies have shown that at the outset of negotiations, parties are generally overconfident, and this is so even if one accounts for the phenomenon of posturing.<\/p>\n

During the overconfidence stage, parties<\/p>\n