This in turn might affect their ability to negotiate in a hard bargaining environment. It is fairly common for individuals in a dispute to behave as their opponents behave. If one participant in the collaborative process behaves in an adversarial way it can set in motion a chain reaction. Blame seeking, name-callings, stereotyping individuals, and circulating subversive rumors about individuals are actions that tend to be mirrored by opponents in adversarial environments. The mirroring can become brutally competitive with one side not wanting to be outdone by the other.
Some individuals take an adversarial approach to disputes because that is what is most familiar.
Individuals may feel that courts and lawyers are the most comfortable way to deal with disputes. They may feel that in every dispute there must be a winner and a loser. This is certainly a customary and socially acceptable approach to dealing with disputes. There may be a history of litigation that is difficult to break. Arbitration, however, often yields unpredictable results.