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Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth
BACKGROUND: Aggression in romantic relationships is a continuing factor for breakups, physical assault, kidnapping, rape and even murder. It is also associated with adjustment difficulties including peer rejection, depression and maladaptive personality features. The present study aims to explore th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.116255 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Aggression in romantic relationships is a continuing factor for breakups, physical assault, kidnapping, rape and even murder. It is also associated with adjustment difficulties including peer rejection, depression and maladaptive personality features. The present study aims to explore the personality correlates of aggression in romantic relationship. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 110 male and female participants in the age range of 18-32 years. The Socio-demographic schedule, General Health Questionnaire Relationship Satisfaction Scale NEO Five Factor Inventory, The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale and Checklist for Psychological Aggression were administered. RESULTS: Personality characteristics like openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively correlated with all forms of aggression. Men and women had significant differences with respect to aggression in romantic relationships. The relationship satisfaction has negative association with neuroticism. CONCLUSIONS: It has implications in understanding pattern of aggression in romantic relationships and thus may help in developing intervention programs for the same. |
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spelling | pubmed-37750532013-09-18 Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth Sharma, Manoj K. Raju, Mohan Indian J Psychol Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Aggression in romantic relationships is a continuing factor for breakups, physical assault, kidnapping, rape and even murder. It is also associated with adjustment difficulties including peer rejection, depression and maladaptive personality features. The present study aims to explore the personality correlates of aggression in romantic relationship. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 110 male and female participants in the age range of 18-32 years. The Socio-demographic schedule, General Health Questionnaire Relationship Satisfaction Scale NEO Five Factor Inventory, The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale and Checklist for Psychological Aggression were administered. RESULTS: Personality characteristics like openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively correlated with all forms of aggression. Men and women had significant differences with respect to aggression in romantic relationships. The relationship satisfaction has negative association with neuroticism. CONCLUSIONS: It has implications in understanding pattern of aggression in romantic relationships and thus may help in developing intervention programs for the same. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3775053/ /pubmed/24049232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.116255 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sharma, Manoj K. Raju, Mohan Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title | Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title_full | Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title_fullStr | Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title_short | Relationship of Personality Dimensions and Aggression in Romantic Relationship Among Youth |
title_sort | relationship of personality dimensions and aggression in romantic relationship among youth |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.116255 |
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