Personality and Daily Relationship Processes

描述(由申请者提供)：这份申请提出了一套职业发展和研究经验，促进了应聘者成为一名精神健康研究人员的长期目标，并专注于研究亲密关系中的人格过程。职业发展和研究活动旨在促进和加强应聘者的学习知识，a)人格和情绪模型，b)研究人际过程的行为观察方法，c)研究人际过程的日常日记方法，d)分析二元数据变化的数据分析技术。在获奖期间的大部分时间里，候选人的努力将集中在课程作业、研讨会、研讨会、定向阅读、与导师和顾问的个别会议，以及拟议研究的实施上。本申请中提出的研究将是一个单一的、纵向的数据收集程序中的多个目标的调查。研究人员、理论家和临床医生已经观察到，亲密关系可以同时对心理和身体健康产生积极和消极的影响。个体差异因素可能在亲密关系的过程和行为中发挥作用。这项研究的首要目标是应用基本的研究方法来更好地理解人格在亲密关系过程中的作用。在这个大的目标中，有三个具体的目标：1)在婚姻中积极和消极事件的背景下，研究几个人格变量对日常压力和亲密过程的作用；2)检查在亲密和冲突互动中欲望和厌恶动机敏感性的影响；3)研究压力和亲密过程的纵向变化如何预测婚姻最初两年的关系满意度、抑郁症状和心理健康的变化。这项研究的发现不仅旨在阐明特定的个体差异因素在关系过程中的影响，而且最终也为亲密关系成员的干预提供了启示。拟议的职业发展和研究经验将为应聘者提供培训和技能，这些培训和技能可用于在所要求的5年奖励期的后半部分开发R01申请。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes a set of career development and research experiences facilitating the Candidate's long-term goal of becoming a mental health researcher and focusing on the study of personality processes in intimate relationships. Career development and research activities are designed to facilitate and enhance the Candidate's studying knowledge of a) models of personality and emotion, b) behavioral observation methods for studying interpersonal processes, c) daily-diary methods for studying interpersonal processes, and d) data analytic techniques for the analysis of change within dyadic data. During the majority of the award period, the Candidate's effort will focus on coursework, seminars, workshops, directed readings, individual meetings with the mentor and consultants, and the implementation of the proposed research. The research proposed in this application will be an investigation with multiple objectives within a single, longitudinal data collection procedure. Researchers, theorists, and clinicians have observed that intimate relationships can simultaneously have both positive and negative impacts on mental and physical health. Individual difference factors likely play a role in the course and conduct of close relationships. The overarching goal of the research proposed is to apply basic research methodologies to understand better the role of personality in close relationship processes. Within this broad goal, there are three specific aims: 1) to examine the role of several personality variables on daily stress and intimacy processes within the context of both positive and negative events in marriage; 2) to examine the influence of appetitive and aversive motivational sensitivities during intimate and conflictual interactions; 3) to examine how longitudinal changes in stress and intimacy processes predict changes in relationship satisfaction, depressive symptomatology, and psychological well-being over the first two years of marriage. Findings from this research are intended not only to elucidate the influence of specific individual difference factors in relationship processes, but also ultimately provide implications for intervention with members of intimate relationships. The proposed career development and research experiences will provide the Candidate with training and skills that can be applied toward the development of an R01 application during the latter portion of the requested 5-year award period.