Agreeableness as a Moderator of Interpersonal Conflict

This multimethod research linked the Big Five personality dimensions to interpersonal conflicts. Agreeableness was the focus because this dimension is associated with motives to maintain positive interpersonal relations. Converging responses to both hypothetical conflicts and to diary records of act...

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Published inJournal of personality Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 323 - 362
Main Authors Jensen-Campbell, Lauri A., Graziano, William G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, USA and Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers Inc 01.04.2001
Blackwell
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adolescent
Affect
Biological and medical sciences
Conflict (Psychology)
Conflicts
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Interpersonal conflicts
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - epidemiology
Personality Disorders - psychology
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Teenagers
Human
Affect affectivity
Extraversion introversion
Motivation
Conflict
Social interaction
Sex
Strategy
Personality
Temperament
Interpersonal relation
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Summary:This multimethod research linked the Big Five personality dimensions to interpersonal conflicts. Agreeableness was the focus because this dimension is associated with motives to maintain positive interpersonal relations. Converging responses to both hypothetical conflicts and to diary records of actual daily interpersonal conflicts across a two‐week period were assessed. Agreeableness was expected to moderate affective responses and tactical choices during conflicts. Patterns of daily conflict were related to self‐reported reactions to hypothetical conflicts and to teacher‐rated adjustment in adolescents. As predicted, Agreeableness was related to responsiveness to conflict. Agreeableness differences and use of destructive tactics in conflict were significantly related to evaluations of the individual’s adjustment by knowledgeable raters. Among the Big Five dimensions, Agreeableness was most closely associated with processes and outcomes during interpersonal conflict.
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ISSN:0022-3506
1467-6494
DOI:10.1111/1467-6494.00148