what are dealmakers?
what are dealbreakers?
- aspects of personality that allow or improve relationships
- aspects of personality that prevent or undermine relationships
who studied dealmakers and dealbreakers?
Back at al and Funder
what are 3 dealmakers and what are they associated with?
- communal traits (warmth, trustworthiness)
- emotional stability
- self control
–> associated with greter relationship satisfaction and decreased relationship conflict
actor effect
if I score high on these traits, it will benefit my relationship satisfaction
partner effect
If my partner scores high on these traits, it will benefit my relationship satisfaction
what are 5 dealbreakers?
- disagreeableness
- untrustworthiness
- anger issues
- rejection sensitivity
- dispositional contempt
rejection sensitivity
=when even the slightest sign that there’s an issue leads them to strongly believe that you’re going to leave them. Enhanced sensitivity
dispositional contempt
=people are condescending and feel superior to others. Come across as cold, aloof, and are often emotionally insecure
atari et al 2019
cross-cultural study in Turkey, Pakistan and Iran
found that
–> Agreeable individuals prefer kind and dependable partners (in all 3 countries)
–> open individuals prefer less religious partners (in Iran and Turkey)
–> conscientious individuals prefer more religious and dependable partners ( in Iran)
levy et al 2019
large scale study on Hinge
Found that convergence in personality traits, personal choices, physical traits and shared experiences all predicted greater likelihood for attraction and opting to go on real-world dates
–> EXCEPT for introvert on introvert lol
what can we say about personality similarity and relationships?
small effects in favour of personality similarity
montoya and horton 2012
meta analysis
–> People with more similar personality traits are more likely to be romantically attracted to each other
–> greater similarity is associated with more positive outcomes
what is the best way to evaluate personality similarity within relationships?
by observing behaviours
–> self reports are biased by using people around u (ur partner) as references
youyou et al 2017
even across domains, romantic partners show more correlation with each other’s personality traits than friends (ie, they’re more similar)
–> even when measured through facebook likes, language-based posts, and self reports (though the latter had a smaller correlation)
Sterbova et al. 2017
- Cross-cultural study of homosexual and heterosexual men in Brazil and Czech Republic
- generally reported wanting self-similar patterns in all b5 traits except for N
- found that similarity in couples does exist but is considerably lower than what they reparted wanting
what traits of b5 is homogamy in personality most consistent for?
E
O, C (ONLY for straight men)
why is relationship quality important?
- liked with health and well being
–> higher life satisfaction
–> less health issues
joel et al 2019
analysis of longitudinal relationships, using machine leraning
–> the most important predictors of relationship satisfaction were about the relationship itself (appreciation, conflict, perceived partner commitment and satisfaction)
–> individual differences were also important but not as much
what were the most important predictors acc to joel et al?
- life satisfaction
- affect
- depression
- attachment style
why should we care about personality in health?
depth of influence on important helath outcomes
huang et al
systematic lit review
Found that personality characteristics were stronger determinants of health-related quality of life than previously considered factors like
demographic, economic and clinical factors
ferguson 2013
suggests that personality affects almost all mechanisms related to maintaining health, either indirectly or directly
what is the single strongest protective factor for human health?
conscientiousness
–> robustly associated w greater longevity and reduced disease development
–> even since childhood
–> associated with a wide range of psychosocial processes
–> acc to freidman and kern 2014
5 reasons why C leads to better health
- have better habits
- choose healthier environments + friendships
- more job success, better education and better income
- their C acts as a buffer against negative traits like N
- can be encouraged by genetic patterns that are also generally beneficial to health
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