Personality Differences on Need for Approval for Romantic Relationships from Social Networks
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2008
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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People strive for acceptance from others, and need validation for many of their choices. Romantic relationships are an aspect of people's lives that are influenced by the opinions of friends and family. This study examined the need for approval from social networks pertaining to intimate relationships across the variables of attachment theory of avoidance and anxiety, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, self-esteem, individualism, collectivism, sociotropy, and autonomy. A scale was devised to assess need for approval from their social network. A survey was completed by college students giving ratings for all the variables and the dependent variable of need for approval. Results indicated that collectivism, individualism, sociotropy, avoidance, extraversion, and agreeableness were each significantly associated with need for approval.