Personality similarity and friendship

A follow-up study

Bibliographic Data

ID3935218
AuthorsCarroll E Izard (Vanderbilt University, corresponding author)
Year1963
Volume66
Issue6
Pages598-600
Publication date1963-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0096-851X
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0042147
OpenAlexW1971299036
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited6

This study repeated the procedures of an earlier study (see 35: 2117) that showed similarity of objectively measured (Edwards Personality Preference Schedule) personality characteristics to be a significant correlate of friendship. Experiment I tested the repeatability of this finding with a similar sample (college freshmen) and the results again supported the similarity principle. Experiment II tested the generalizability of the earlier finding. The procedures were applied to a different population (college seniors), and the results failed to confirm the similarity hypothesis. Personality differences between freshmen and seniors can be viewed as a function of increased social and emotional maturity on the part of seniors (Izard, 1962). Perhaps the more “mature” person has less need to see his personality characteristics reflected in his friends. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Friendship · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Personality · Similarity (geometry) · Artificial Intelligence · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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