Personality, Family History, and Competence in Early Adult Romantic Relationships

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 practic...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2005-03, Vol.88 (3), p.562-576
Main Authors: Donnellan, M. Brent, Larsen-Rife, Dannelle, Conger, Rand D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adulthood
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Competence
Couple and family
Family - psychology
Family History
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Interpersonal Interaction
Interpersonal Relations
Interpersonal Relationships
Love
Male
Marriage - psychology
Parent Child Relations
Parental Characteristics
Parenting
Parenting Style
Parents & parenting
Personal relationships
Personality
Personality Traits
Prediction
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Relationship Quality
Relationship Satisfaction
Social psychology
Young adults
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.562