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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e102078 |
| Journal | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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Personality effects on romantic relationship quality through friendship quality : A ten-year longitudinal study in youths. / Branje, S.T.J.; Keijsers, Loes; Meeus, W.H.J.; Yu, Rongqin.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 9, e102078, 2014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality effects on romantic relationship quality through friendship quality
T2 - A ten-year longitudinal study in youths
AU - Branje, S.T.J.
AU - Keijsers, Loes
AU - Meeus, W.H.J.
AU - Yu, Rongqin
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study examined whether individuals with different personality types (i.e., overcontrollers, undercontrollers, resilients) had different friendship quality development throughout adolescence. It also investigated whether personality types were indirectly related to romantic relationship quality in young adulthood, via friendship quality development in adolescence. The study employed six waves of longitudinal questionnaire data from Dutch youths who had a romantic relationship when they were young adults. Two age cohorts were followed, from 12 to 21 years and from 16 to 25 years, respectively. Findings showed that resilients reported higher mean levels of friendship quality during adolescence (i.e., more support from, less negative interaction with and less dominance from their best friend) than both overcontrollers and undercontrollers. Through the mean levels of friendship quality throughout adolescence, resilients indirectly experienced higher romantic relationship quality during young adulthood than both overcontrollers and undercontrollers. Thus, results provide support for a developmental model in which adolescent friendship quality is a mechanism linking personality types with young adulthood romantic relationship quality.
AB - This study examined whether individuals with different personality types (i.e., overcontrollers, undercontrollers, resilients) had different friendship quality development throughout adolescence. It also investigated whether personality types were indirectly related to romantic relationship quality in young adulthood, via friendship quality development in adolescence. The study employed six waves of longitudinal questionnaire data from Dutch youths who had a romantic relationship when they were young adults. Two age cohorts were followed, from 12 to 21 years and from 16 to 25 years, respectively. Findings showed that resilients reported higher mean levels of friendship quality during adolescence (i.e., more support from, less negative interaction with and less dominance from their best friend) than both overcontrollers and undercontrollers. Through the mean levels of friendship quality throughout adolescence, resilients indirectly experienced higher romantic relationship quality during young adulthood than both overcontrollers and undercontrollers. Thus, results provide support for a developmental model in which adolescent friendship quality is a mechanism linking personality types with young adulthood romantic relationship quality.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0102078
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0102078
M3 - Article
VL - 9
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 9
M1 - e102078
ER -