Personality Effects on Social Relationships Export

@article{citeulike:2960242, abstract = {Personality influences on social relationships and vice versa were longitudinally studied. Personality affected relationships, but not vice versa. After entry to university, 132 students participated for 18 month in a study in which the Big Five factors of personality, the subfactors Sociability and Shyness, and all significant social relationships were repeatedly assessed. A subsample kept diaries of all significant social interactions. After the initial correlation between personality and relationship quality was controlled for, Extraversion and its subfactors, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness predicted aspects of relationships such as number of peer relationships, conflict with peers, and falling in love. In contrast, relationship qualities did not predict personality traits, and changes in relationship qualities were unrelated to changes in personality traits. Consequences for dynamic-interactionistic views of personality and relationships are discussed.}, author = {Asendorpf, Jens B. and Wilpers, Susanne}, citeulike-article-id = {2960242}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-46NXHPX-T/1/7090f08832d146e24e861ced86cf6f5a}, journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}, keywords = {big5, effects, personality, relationships, shyness, social, structure}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1531--1544}, posted-at = {2008-07-03 18:47:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Personality Effects on Social Relationships}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-46NXHPX-T/1/7090f08832d146e24e861ced86cf6f5a}, volume = {74}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2960242 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2960242 N2 - Personality influences on social relationships and vice versa were longitudinally studied. Personality affected relationships, but not vice versa. After entry to university, 132 students participated for 18 month in a study in which the Big Five factors of personality, the subfactors Sociability and Shyness, and all significant social relationships were repeatedly assessed. A subsample kept diaries of all significant social interactions. After the initial correlation between personality and relationship quality was controlled for, Extraversion and its subfactors, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness predicted aspects of relationships such as number of peer relationships, conflict with peers, and falling in love. In contrast, relationship qualities did not predict personality traits, and changes in relationship qualities were unrelated to changes in personality traits. Consequences for dynamic-interactionistic views of personality and relationships are discussed. IS - 6 JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology EP - 1544 TI - Personality Effects on Social Relationships VL - 74 SP - 1531 KW - big5 KW - effects KW - personality KW - relationships KW - shyness KW - social KW - structure AU - Asendorpf, Jens AU - Wilpers, Susanne PY - 1998/06// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-46NXHPX-T/1/7090f08832d146e24e861ced86cf6f5a ER -