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28 - Social Relations and Social Support

from Part VI - Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

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Erin Q. Austin ,
Jennifer M. Knack ,
Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell  and
Madeline Rex-Lear
Edited by
Philip J. Corr  and
Gerald Matthews
Philip J. Corr
Affiliation:
City, University London
Gerald Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
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The traditional study of personality focuses on the structure of personality and its origins (Allport, 1937; Murphy, 1932). However, an important reason to examine personality is to understand how it influences people’s daily lives in meaningful and predictable ways (Shiner & Masten, 2012). For example, personality is associated with individual outcomes such as physical health, happiness and identity; interpersonal outcomes including romantic relations (e.g., to whom individuals are attracted; Ozer & Benet-Martinez, 2006), martial satisfaction, martial success and parenting; and social outcomes such as occupational choice, community involvement and political affiliation (Ozer & Benet-Martinez, 2006). Personality also impacts the perception of received social support and actively seeking social support (Lakey et al., 2010). Although social behavior is often shaped by the dispositions and perceptions of the individuals involved in the interactions (Elster, 2015), social relationships also profoundly affect personality (Back et al., 2011).

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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 386 - 399
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Print publication year: 2020

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