Compromise is largely based on being able to come to a common perspective while sacrificing marginal values that would otherwise deny a reconciliation of disparate ideas. Due to the absence of an established intergroup compromise measure in the extant political or social psychology literature, we attempted to develop and psychometrically examine such a scale within the political psychology domain. Across two studies, we found construct and predictive validity for three scales that predict individuals’ propensity to compromise in a political context. In Study 2, we found evidence of model invariance between Democrats and Republicans, suggesting that our measures of compromise, political animus, and distrust are assessing these constructs equally for both major parties.
This study focuses on the formation of bullied individuals’ friendships and romantic relationships. Individuals bullied in their past may be more likely to form connections with those who share similar oppressive experiences. Thus, we investigated the possibility that implicit homophily underlies the formation of interpersonal relationships amongst previously bullied individuals. Moreover, we investigated whether these individuals were aware of their friends’ and romantic partners’ similarly oppressive experiences prior to initiating the relationship. Our findings suggest that the young adults in our sample bullied in grade school are significantly more likely to have a close friend and or significant other who also experienced bullying. The findings of this study contribute to the relatively small, yet growing, body of research on implicit homophily, add to research extending homophily processes to bullies and victims, and are in line with research suggesting that deselection (a form of induced homophily) can coexist with homophily by personal preference.
This article investigates conflict frequency and outcomes of college roommates as a function of housing type (dorms vs. apartments) and extraversion. By having roommates provide their initials and those of their roommate, we were able to match roommates for dyadic analyses. The results showed that respondents living in apartments reported more conflicts, and worse conflict outcomes, compared to those who reside in dorms. However, those living in dorms spent more time away from their roommate than those in apartments. Moreover, extraversion was positively associated with conflict for students living in apartments, and dyadic analyses revealed that respondents reported more conflict when they had introverted partners.
Research has often considered how lesbian/gay parents affect straight children, but few studies have focused on how heterosexual parents affect their lesbian/gay children. Romantic partners for lesbian/gay individuals, compared to heterosexuals, may be a unique source of support against rejection sensitivity and attachment insecurity arising from unaccepting parents. The results of this study suggest that lesbian/gay individuals’ experience of parental rejection when coming out affects their rejection sensitivity and parental attachment. Moreover, parental attachments differentially predict romantic attachment patterns across sexual orientation, with lesbians/gays dissociating their romantic attachment from their parental attachment in a manner not observed for heterosexuals.
While much research has considered how lesbian/gay parents affect straight children, less attention has been paid to how heterosexual parents affect their lesbian/gay children. At the same time, attachment theorists are trying to determine how contiguous individuals’ differential attachments are to each other, especially in predictive utility. A secure base is best for exploratory processes such as sexual-identity development. Given that lovers share the role of primary attachment with parents in adulthood, lovers for lesbian/gay individuals, compared to heterosexuals, may be a unique source of social support against rejection sensitivity and victimization by unaccepting parents. The results of this study suggest that rejection sensitivity moderates the effect of parents’ acceptance/rejection on parental attachment patterns. Moreover, parental attachment patterns differentially predict romantic attachment dimensions across orientation, and exert limited influence on lesbian/gay romantic attachment and satisfaction relative to heterosexuals. This suggests that lesbians/gays use their romantic attachment as primary to a greater degree than heterosexuals, and dissociate their romantic attachment from their parental attachment in a manner not observed for heterosexuals. This likely reflects protective adaptations given adversarial parental relationships.
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