Locating the Big Five Personality Factors in the Relate Relationship Evaluation Measures

Walker

Holman

2010

Personal Relationships

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In this study, the association of childhood trauma with perceptions of self and the partner was explored. Using a large sample of more than 5,400 couples who completed the RELATE inventory, couples in which neither partner experienced childhood physical abuse were compared on personality and communication scales with couples where only the female experienced abuse, only the male experienced abuse, and both partners experienced abuse. The primary question of interest was to evaluate whether childhood trauma was associated with selection effects of romantic partners, perceptual effects of partners, or reciprocal negativity with partners. The evidence from the analysis of variance and path analysis indicates that trauma is more likely to be associated with perceptual effects than selection effects. Individuals who were traumatized rated both themselves and their partners as more neurotic and conflictual, even when controlling for overall levels of relationship satisfaction. However, the partners of traumatized persons do not consider themselves more neurotic or conflictual than partners in relationships where neither partner was abused.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association of childhood trauma with perceptions of self and the partner in adult romantic relationships

Walker

Holman

2010

Personal Relationships

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“…To develop couple types, we used measures of the Big Five personality constructs (Biesanz & West, 2000; Costa & McCrae, 1988; Luo & Klohnen, 2005) contained in RELATE (Draper & Holman, 2005). For this study we wanted a general measure of positive personality traits.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Association Between Partner Enhancement and Self‐Enhancement and Relationship Quality Outcomes

J of Marriage and Family

Holman

Niehuis

2009

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The purpose of this research was to understand in greater detail, using 2 samples (Study 1 N = 4,881 heterosexual couples; Study 2 N = 335 heterosexual couples who completed the Relationship Evaluation Questionnaire), how partner or self-enhancement patterns differentially influence relationship outcomes. A multivariate analysis of covariance was conducted comparing 4 outcome measures for different couple types in which individuals rated the partner higher, the same, or lower than they rated themselves on affability. Couples in which both individuals perceived themselves as more affable than the partner experienced poorer results on the relationship outcome measures, whereas couples in which both individuals perceived the partner's personality as more affable than their own experienced more positive relationship outcomes. Additional analyses with structural equation models demonstrated the consistent influence of enhancement measures on relationship outcomes for cross-sectional and longitudinal samples.Scholars have been studying the influence of different patterns in self-and partner ratings on relationship outcomes for a few decades

“…According to Draper and Holman (2005), the scales of the RELATE instrument "can be interpreted in a way consistent with the big-five personality measure" of extroversion (p. 884). These items originally came from Goldberg's (1992) work on markers for major personality dimensions and are consistent with commonly used approaches to measuring personality in recent literature (Manders, Scholte, Janssens, & DeBruyn, 2006).…”

Section: Shynessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shyness and Communication: Impact on Self and Partner Relationship Satisfaction

Luster

Nelson

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

2013

The present research explored the importance of shyness and communication-related variables (self-disclosure and expressions of empathy) in the prediction of romantic relationship satisfaction. Couples in established romantic relationships (N = 4,298) completed RELATE (RELATionship Evaluation), a questionnaire designed to evaluate the relationship between romantically linked partners. We hypothesized there would be a direct, inverse relationship between shyness and relationship satisfaction mediated by communication behaviors. We found shyness was associated with lower levels of self and partner relationship satisfaction for both males and females; however, this relationship was mediated by communication behaviors. Clinical implications for couples and therapists are discussed.