Download or read book Personality Similarity and Complementarity in Adult Love Relationships written by Sophie Slade and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Examination of Moderators of the Relationship Between Similarity Complementarity and Relationship Satisfaction written by Brian Thomas Gray and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study used an idiographic approach to examine the association between similarity or complementarity on valued characteristics and romantic relationship satisfaction. This study also examined how self-liking of a trait is related to importance of similarity or complementarity of a trait. College students and employees of a local outpatient behavioral health center (N = 96) rated their partners on perceived similarity of personality traits, attitudes, interests, and religion; the importance of similarity of these traits; the importance of complementarity of personality traits; and relationship satisfaction. The results revealed significant Similarity x Importance interactions for religion, attitudes, and neuroticism. This suggests that similarity in religion, attitudes, and neuroticism was related to relationship satisfaction only if the participant valued similarity in that dimension. The results also indicated that higher levels of self-liking of a trait were associated with participants' ratings of importance of similarity of a trait, while lower levels of self-liking were associated with participants' ratings of the importance of complementarity of a trait. The results suggested that an idiographic approach may be more suitable than a nomothetic approach for some dimensions of similarity, but not for others.

Download or read book Need Relationships Between Mates written by Diane Tribble Connor and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Complementarity of Personality Traits in Romantic Relationships written by Mary K. Christy and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intimate Relationships written by Ralph Erber and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate Relationships covers both classic and current material in a concise yet thorough and rigorous manner. Chapters range from attraction to love, attachment to jealousy, conflict to relationship dissolution — all written in a warm, personal, and engaging voice. Each chapter is organized around the major issues and relevant theories, in addition to a critical evaluation about the research. When appropriate, the authors discuss and evaluate popular ideas about relationship processes in the context of scientific research. This includes critical evaluations of evolutionary approaches to attraction, victim-based accounts of abuse, and the separate-cultures view of the sexes.

Download or read book Perceived Similarity of Self and Partner in Romantic Relationships written by David Amodio and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Power of Personality Types in Love and Relationships written by Bill Farr and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People often make the mistake of thinking opposites attract. Opposites never attract, that would be like a criminal hooking up with a nun. However, opposing personality types often attract; this is when one partner says "black" the other says "white." This book shows what is required to keep these opposing forces also complementary. The Chinese philosophy of the Yin Yang states that two opposing yet complementary forces lie at the base of how all things work. This philosophy shows how people can flow in natural harmony and what is required during conflict. We have all delightfully experienced a waiter who obviously takes joy in serving his clients or a boss who naturally leads while caring for his employees, versus those not equipped for the responsibility they work in. Character dynamics exist similar to these in relationships and understanding them provides insight as to why certain couples naturally get along while others operate with a lack of intimacy and connection. By answering a questionnaire, you can identify your type and the formula for how to identify your logical match. Learn how to know a partner who is complementary to your character and how to remain connected without conflict to people who are not. Understanding these types enables you to discover what went wrong in past relationships, a way to find harmony in current strained relationships, and a formula for finding more compatible partners moving forward. Jalaluddin Rumi said, "Not to seek for love, but to seek all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." A basic understanding of these types allows you to overcome self-imposed barriers preventing the flow of abundance in your life and relationships. Fears, insecurities, shame, defense mechanisms, and past relationships all play a part in how a person seeks to find their contentment or avoids perceived discomfort or fear. Awareness of these aspects shows when you sabotage the harmony in your life or relationship and how to overcome that. This awareness also allows you to recognize a partner that has the ability to accept your nature while fulfilling theirs. www.TheArtofUnity.com Author Bio Bill Farr is a wellness coach, an instructor in various forms of martial arts and meditation, a former kickboxing champion and professional Argentine Tango dancer. As a consummate student of human behavior, Bill works with well-known Western psychology professionals as well as Buddhist monks, South American Shaman, Chi Gong masters, Grand Masters of martial arts and other prominent teachers. He now travels worldwide teaching the principles in this book as well as meditation and wellness. (www.TheArtofUnity.com) His concepts are designed to help people become healthy and united in mind, body, and spirit in order to prepare themselves to find their perfect mate as well as a path to fulfillment and higher consciousness. The focus is on developing compassion, understanding and respect for each other based on important differences existing in both intimate and professional relationships.

Download or read book Handbook of Social Psychology Volume 2 written by Susan T. Fiske and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic Handbook of Social Psychology has been the standard professional reference for the field of social psychology for many years. Now available in a new edition, Volume 2 of this internationally acclaimed work brings readers up to date with new chapters on social neuroscience, mind perception, morality, and social stratification. The editors have structured Volume 2 in a way that highlights the many levels of analysis used by contemporary psychologists. All academics, graduate students, and professional social psychologists will want to own a copy of this landmark work.

Download or read book Similarity and Complementarity of Personality Traits in Married Couples written by George Recknagel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Personal Relationships written by Steve Duck and published by . This book was released on 1988-05-25 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first, comprehensive volume in a field that has grown exponentially in the last ten years. The handbook is organized across disciplines to reflect the nature of the field, and has a broad range of appeal to a variety of teachers and researchers.

Download or read book The Developmental Course of Romantic Relationships written by Brian G. Ogolsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the 2014 International Association for Relationship Researchers Book Award! This multidisciplinary text highlights the development of romantic relationships, from initiation to commitment or demise, by highlighting the historical context, current research and theory, and diversity of patterns. Engagingly written with colorful examples, the authors examine the joy, stress, power-struggles, intimacy, and aggression that characterize these relationships. Readers gain a better understanding as to why, even after the pain and suffering associated with a breakup, most of us go right back out and start again. Relationships are examined through an interdisciplinary lens –psychological, sociological, environmental and communicative perspectives are all considered. End of chapter summaries, lists of key concepts, and additional readings serve as a review. As a whole the book explores what precipitates success or failure of these relationships and how this has changed over time. Highlights of the book’s coverage: Incorporates both cross-sex and same-sex romantic relationships Examines the roles of gender, race, class, culture, age, and sexuality in relationship development Looks at multiple types of romantic relationships in emerging adulthood, including dating and cohabitation Explores both positive and negative relational processes Analyzes the latest and most important scholarship. The book opens with an introduction followed by a historical overview of the development of relationships. Next relationship development models are examined including the influence of social factors and the interaction of the partners involved. This volume examines how partners initiate romantic relationships, including infatuation, sexual attraction, and the impact of technology; how cohabitation affects the quality of the future of the relationship; and the individual, social, and circumstantial factors that predict stability or break-ups in romantic relationships. The book ends with an examination of the “dark side” of relationships, and suggestions for future research on romantic pairings. Intended as a supplement for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in marriage and family, personal/close/intimate relationships, or interpersonal/family communication taught in human development and family studies, psychology, social work, sociology, communication, counseling and therapy, this book also appeals to researchers and practitioners interested in the romantic relationship processes.

Download or read book Relationship Satisfaction and Conflict written by Terri Jeanette Martin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several studies have examined the role of personality in romantic relationships, many focusing on relationship outcomes resulting from personality similarity between partners. This study aims to determine whether personality similarity or understanding of personality (accuracy) between romantic partners more accurately describes the current sample of college students, with an added focus on a possible mediating role of relationship conflict between personality similarity/accuracy and relationship satisfaction. A sample of heterosexual dating couples rated themselves and their partners on the Big Five personality dimensions and provided ratings of their levels of relationship satisfaction and conflict. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed no significant results for females in the sample. For males, it was found that both similarity and accuracy positively predicted relationship satisfaction and relationship conflict. However, length of relationship was a stronger predictor of relationship satisfaction than either similarity or accuracy. Similarity was a stronger predictor of relationship conflict than accuracy. Relationship conflict did not play a mediating role between personality similarity/accuracy and relationship satisfaction. Possible explanations of these results are discussed and some clinical implications, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research in this area are provided.

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Makes a Happy Relationship written by Phuong Linh Thi Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong relationships are vital to our physical and psychological well-being. But, what makes a happy relationship? Past research suggests that the similarity between social partners is one of the strongest predictors of relationship quality. However, people can be similar in many ways, such as in their personality and values. This dissertation distinguished the unique associations between similarity (personality similarity, value similarity) and relationship quality for individuals in a number of close relationships by testing two models using multivariate hierarchical linear modeling. Model 1 focused on the individual's relationship with his or her average social network, and Model 2 focused on the individual's relationship with one biological parent and with one friend. The findings from the present research demonstrate that individuals and their partners (i.e., social networks, parents, friends) are, indeed, similar in personality and values. However, there are no significant associations between similarity (personality similarity, value similarity) and relationship quality for either individuals or their partners in general. A limitation of the present research is the focus on actual similarity (or similarity between self-reports from the individual and partner) as opposed to perceived similarity (or similarity between the individual's self-report and his or her perceptions of the partner's attributes). Perceived similarity may be a more important contributor to relationship quality because people's perceptions may be more relevant to how they experience and function in their relationships. Future research should examine the association between perceived similarity and relationship quality and directly compare the effect of actual similarity to that of perceived similarity. Additionally, future research should sample a wider variety of individuals (besides college students) and other important social relationships (besides parent-child relationships and friendships) to better capture the association between partner similarity and relationship quality. Thus, research on how partner similarity affects relationship quality is an important avenue to continue exploring because the more we know as a society about the types of individuals who are our most compatible social partners and how to become more compatible with our current social partners, the better our chances will be at achieving high quality relationships and well-being.

Download or read book Similarity and Complementarity Theories Examined by Sixteen Personality Factor Measures on Engaged Couples written by Margaret M. Lutz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Similarity complementarity Role Relationships and Interpersonal Attraction written by Jharna Sengupta and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 16 Ways to Love Your Lover written by Otto Kroeger and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling authors of Type Talk and Type Talk At Work now apply their proven TYPEWATCHING techniques to interpersonal relationships to help readers find lasting love.