Assessment of social traits in married couples: Self-reports versus spouse ratings around the interpersonal circumplex.
Assessment of social traits in married couples: Self-reports versus spouse ratings around the interpersonal circumplex.
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已婚夫妇的社会特征评估：自我报告与围绕人际交往的配偶评级。
DOI：
10.1037/pas0000226
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Williams,PaulaG
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Smith,TimothyW;Williams,PaulaG
人格特质可以预测亲密关系的质量，因此可以作为对夫妻功能评估的有用补充。对于涉及社会行为的特质，人际环（IPC）的亲密关系（即温暖，友好与敌意，争吵）和控制（即支配与顺从，顺从）维度是宜人性和外倾性5因素模型特质的替代品，因为它们可以在夫妻功能的背景下提供更具体和相关的社会行为描述。夫妻背景创造了一个机会，以补充常用的自我报告与线人评级。虽然大量的自我报告和合作伙伴的评级之间的相关性的个性是有据可查的，这些评估模式之间的差异，在从属关系和控制水平还没有被检查过。本研究对301对中年和老年夫妇通过比较自我报告和配偶评级来解决这个问题，使用来自NEO（神经质-外向性-开放性）PI-R（人格量表修订版）的人际环测量的平行形式。参与者报告说，相对于配偶的评级，特质优势较低，特质敌意也较少。对于主导地位，这种差异在婚姻质量的各个层面都很明显，但对于敌意，这在婚姻质量低的夫妇中尤为明显。相对于配偶的评级，自我报告较少占主导地位的趋势在妇女中比男子更强。这些差异可能是重要的夫妇评估和干预。
Personality traits predict the quality of intimate relationships, and as a result can be useful additions to assessments of couple functioning. For traits involving social behavior, the affiliation (ie, warmth, friendliness vs. hostility, quarrelsomeness) and control (ie, dominance vs. deference, submissiveness) dimensions of the interpersonal circumplex (IPC) are an alternative to the 5-factor model traits of agreeableness and extraversion, given that they may provide a more specific and relevant description of social behavior in the context of couple functioning. The couple context creates an opportunity to supplement commonly used self-reports with informant ratings. Although substantial correlations between self-reports and partner ratings of personality are well-documented, differences between these assessment modalities in levels of affiliation and control have not been examined previously. The present study of 301 middle-aged and older couples addressed this issue by comparing self-reports and spouse ratings, using parallel forms of a measure of the interpersonal circumplex derived from the NEO (Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness) PI-R (Personality Inventory-Revised). Participants reported lower trait dominance relative to spouses’ ratings, and less trait hostility. For dominance, this discrepancy was evident at all levels of marital quality, but for hostility it was particularly apparent among couples reporting low marital quality. The tendency to self-report less dominance relative to ratings by spouses was stronger among women than men. These discrepancies may be important in couple assessment and intervention.