Personality traits moderate the association between conflict resolution and subsequent relationship satisfaction in dating couples
Personality traits moderate the association between conflict resolution and subsequent relationship satisfaction in dating couples
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2018.11.036
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发表时间：
2019-03
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Tenille C. Taggart;Sarah M. Bannon;J. Hammett
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作者：
Tenille C. Taggart;Sarah M. Bannon;J. Hammett
沟通是关系满意度的重要组成部分。它的纵向关系可能不像之前认为的那样牢固，留下了个人层面因素可能影响这种联系的可能性。人格特质分别与关系满意度和沟通有关，但还没有研究同时检验这两个相互关联的组成部分。我们使用逐步结构方程模型来检验冲突解决技能、人格特征及其交互作用在多大程度上预测异性约会夫妇(N= 116人)在4个月的随访中的关系满意度。结果表明，一些人格特质调节了冲突解决与后来的关系满意度之间的联系。具体地说，对于责任心和神经质水平低于平均水平的个人，这种联系是积极的；对于责任心和神经质水平高于平均水平的个人，这种联系是负面的。值得注意的是，冲突解决技能、个性特征及其相互作用解释了后来的关系满意度的一半以上的差异。结果表明，随着时间的推移，个性特征可能会对夫妻之间的沟通-关系满意度产生不同的影响。未来调查沟通满意度联系的研究应该检查这些和其他个体差异，以便更好地为痛苦夫妇的干预提供信息。
Communication is an important component of relationship satisfaction. Its longitudinal relationship may not be as robust as previously thought, leaving open the possibility that individual-level factors may influence this association. Personality traits have been associated with relationship satisfaction and communication, separately, but no study has simultaneously examined these interrelated components. We used stepwise structural equation modeling to examine the extent to which conflict resolution skills, personality traits, and their interactions predicted relationship satisfaction in heterosexual dating couples (N= 116 individuals) at four-month follow-up. Results showed that some personality traits moderated the association between conflict resolution and later relationship satisfaction. Specifically, for individuals with lower than average levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism, the link was positive; for individuals with higher than average levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism, the link was negative. Notably, conflict resolution skills, personality traits, and their interactions accounted for more than half of the variance in later relationship satisfaction. Results suggest that personality traits may differentially influence the communication-relationship satisfaction link in couples over time. Future studies investigating the communication-satisfaction link should examine these and other individual differences to better inform interventions for distressed couples.