Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.20.4.10
PERSONALITY AND ATTACHMENT TO FRIENDS
Iris MARUŠIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0003-4837-790X
; Institute for Social Research, Zagreb
Željka KAMENOV
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Margareta JELIĆ
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Abstract
Our study examines the relations of attachment and
personality dimensions in young adults. Particular focus of
the study is attachment to friends, a form of intimate
relations that is less frequently represented in attachment
research. For this purpose, modified Brennan's Inventory of
Experience in Close Relations (Kamenov & Jelić, 2003) and
NEO PI-R assessing five personality dimensions (Costa &
McCrae, 1992) were administered to the sample of 352
university students. Results demonstrate a variety of relations
between two dimensions of attachment to friends and
personality traits, both at the domain and facet level. Anxious
attachment to friends is primarily related to neuroticism,
while avoidance in friendships is mainly characterized by
lower results in two interpersonal domains, extraversion and
agreeableness.
Keywords
attachment to friends; personality traits; five-factor model
Hrčak ID:
75862
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2011.
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