Personality and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

Gerlach, Tanja M.; Driebe, Julie C.; Reinhard, Selina K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_718

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“…Another possibility is that underlying personality factors cause those who are happier with their short-term experiences to be more positive toward other romantic relationships. Neuroticism decreases long-term relationship satisfaction (Gerlach et al, 2018), and might conceptually, given our current finding of the effect of regret processing, also, be associated with dissatisfaction after short-term encounters.…”

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The Function of Casual Sex Action and Inaction Regret: A Longitudinal Investigation

2021

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In several recent papers the sex difference in regret predicted by sexual strategies theory has been supported: men more than women report regret passing up short-term sexual opportunities (inaction regret), while women regret having had sexual encounters (action regret). However, the adaptive function of regret, to improve future behavioral choices, has not been tested. In this first longitudinal test of behavioral change following regret, we consider whether regret actually results in adaptive shifts of behavior: will men who regret passing up sex engage in more short-term sex following regret? Will women who regret short-term encounters either choose better quality partners, reduce number of one-night stands or shift their strategy to long-term relationships? Across two waves (NT1 = 399, 65.4% women and NT2 = 222, 66.2% women) students responded to questions about casual sex action regret and inaction regret, along with possible outcomes, intrapersonal traits, and concurrent contextual predictors. There was no clear evidence for the proposed functional shifts in sexual behavior. Casual sex regret was associated with respondent sex and stable individual differences, such as sociosexual attitudes, regret processing and metacognitions, but the effect of these predictors were not consistent across the two waves. Among the tested concurrent contextual predictors, sexual disgust was the most consistent across waves. Regret is considered a gauge of the value and quality of the short-term sexual encounter. However, tentatively we conclude that after this first test of function using longitudinal data, we find no evidence of a mating strategy shifting effect following sexual regret.

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The Function of Casual Sex Action and Inaction Regret: A Longitudinal Investigation

2021

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“…Although some of the internal consistencies of the Big Five personality scales were quite low. this was not the case for neuroticism, which was the theoretically most relevant factor [ 35 , 47 ].…”

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Relationship satisfaction in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national examination of situational, dispositional, and relationship factors

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a large impact on various aspects of life, but questions about its effects on close relationships remain largely unanswered. In the present study, we examined perceived changes in relationship satisfaction at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by using an international sample of 3,243 individuals from 67 different countries, mostly from Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In April and May 2020, participants responded to an online survey that included questions about relationship satisfaction, their satisfaction before the pandemic, other relationship aspects (e.g., shared time), special circumstances (e.g., mobility restrictions), and enduring dispositions (e.g., insecure attachment). A decline in time shared with one’s partner was most strongly associated with perceived decreases in relationship satisfaction, resulting in a different pattern of findings for cohabiting and non-cohabiting individuals. Among the most influential moderators were anxious and avoidant attachment. The findings offer insights into both aggravating and protecting factors in couples’ responses to pandemic-related stressors.

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“…Relationship satisfaction (RS) is among the most frequently studied relationship quality variables (Berscheid & Reis, 1998) and is an important determinant for health outcomes (Galione, 2016). Broadly, RS refers to an individual's overall evaluation of their romantic relationship (Gerlach, Driebe, & Reinhard, 2018), which can include feelings, thoughts, or behaviors associated with constructs such as love, commitment, self‐disclosure, investment, or support (Hendrick, 1988; Rusbult & Buunk, 1993). People in more satisfied romantic relationships report better health and higher levels of well‐being than people in less satisfied romantic relationships (Karney & Bradbury, 1995; Williams, 2003).…”

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Relationship satisfaction determines the association between Epstein–Barr virus latency and somatic symptoms after the loss of a spouse

LeRoy

Petit

Brown

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The loss of a spouse is associated with a host of negative health outcomes. While bereaved individuals commonly report somatic symptoms, no investigations exist of the association between reactivation of latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and somatic symptoms among this population. Further, how an individual perceives the quality of their lost relationship in retrospect may impact loss outcomes. Among

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Personality and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

Cited by 12 publications

References 49 publications

The Function of Casual Sex Action and Inaction Regret: A Longitudinal Investigation

The Function of Casual Sex Action and Inaction Regret: A Longitudinal Investigation

Relationship satisfaction in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national examination of situational, dispositional, and relationship factors

Relationship satisfaction determines the association between Epstein–Barr virus latency and somatic symptoms after the loss of a spouse

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