Personality, Family History, and Competence in Early Adult Romantic Relationships.
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 88 (3), 562-576
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.562
Abstract
The present investigation tested how well family characteristics and the personality traits assessed by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (A. Tellegen, 1982) measured in late adolescence predict aspects of romantic relationships in early adulthood. Nurturant-involved parenting practices and personality traits were related to observed negative interactions and to couples' reports of relationship quality. These results from a prospective longitudinal study suggest that the origins of competence in romantic relationships can be found both in individual differences in personality (especially in negative emotionality) and in differences in developmental experiences. Discussion further develops an account of relationship success and dysfunction that integrates proximal factors, such as couple interactions, with more distal factors such as personality and socialization experiences.Keywords
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