Cognitive style and relationship quality in married dyads
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19279372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald M Sabatelli (corresponding author), Albert S Dreyer, Albert Dreyer, Ross Buck (0000-0001-7196-7794) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-201 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1983.tb00862.x |
| OpenAlex | W2153974473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 23 |
Recently, cognitive personality researchers have begun to explore the social and interpersonal relevance of cognitive individual difference variables. Embedded in these examinations, however, is a methodological issue that bears importantly on our understanding of the role of these cognitive orientations in social relations. Specifically, personality studies have typically employed experimentally created dyads which, by limiting the representativeness of the sample, potentially limits the generalizability of the findings to more enduring “real‐life” dyads. In the present study, field dependence/field independence was examined as a potential mediator of relationship quality in married dyads. Consistent with Witkin's theory of psychological differentiation, it was predicted that spouses with relatively field‐dependent partners and individuals from dyads with similar levels of differentiation would have fewer complaints. Results showed, contrary to the predictions, that husbands married to field‐dependent wives and wives from matched dyads had more complaints about their marital relationships. These findings suggest the need for a careful evaluation of the role of cognitive style in the domain of intimate interpersonal relationships. Apparently, it may not be sufficient to generalize about the role of personality in social relationships from the results of studies employing experimentally created dyads or groups to other, more enduring and real‐life types of social relationships
Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Cognitive style · Developmental psychology · Field dependence · Generalizability theory · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Partner effects · Personality · Social relation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
Big five personality variables and relationship constructs
Emotional Intelligence
Locus of Control, Locus of Control Differences, and Quality of Relationship in Married Dyads
Not All Great Minds Think Alike
Individual characteristics and personal relationships
Self-Monitoring and marital adjustment
The Impact of Attributions in Marriage
Time-Limit Tests
Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality.
Short Marital-Adjustment and Prediction Tests
Conformity in Preschool Disadvantaged Children as Related to Field-Dependence, Sex, and Verbal Reinforcement
Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests
Effects of field dependence on affective reactions and compliance in dyadic interactions
Do Personality Traits Apply to Social Behaviour
Field dependence and external directedness
Locus of control, interpersonal trust, and assertive behavior among newlyweds
Psychological differentiation as a factor in conflict resolution
Field dependence and interpersonal behavior
Longitudinal Data Relating Marriage Satisfaction and Having a Child
The Effect of Item Weighting on the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale
Measuring Dyadic Adjustment
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2014 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |