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Table 1. Demographic characteristics of sample Mean Standard Deviation Range Age of Participant 21.51 4.29 18-50 Relationship Length (in months) 29.23 33.18 1-265 Partner Age 23.06 5.26 18-55 Race Participant Caucasian Hispanic African-American Asian-American Muhi-racial Other Partner Caucasian Hispanic Afhcan-Amencan Multiracial Other Education Participant Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Partner Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Student Other Relationship Status Casually Dating Steady Dating Engaged Cohabiting Married Freq 151 16 7 1 I 1 147 21 7 1 1 41 42 50 44 25 41 24 37 13 37 14 107 16 8 32 84 Percent 85.3 9.0 4.0 0.6 06 0,6 83.1 11.9 4.0 06 0.6 23.2 23.7 28.2 24.9 14.1 23.2 13,6 20.9 7.3 20.9 7.9 60.5 9,0 4.5 18 1
(steady dating=61%, engaged=9%, cohabhing=5%, and married=18°/o) The mean length of the relationships was 29,2 months Measures Demographic Questionnaire A demographic questionnaire was designed for this study Respondents indicated their gender, age, race/ethnichy, educational level, relationship status, relationship length. and housing status The participants also identified the gender, age, educational level, and race/ethnicity of their partners. Five Factor Model of PersonaHty The Five Factor Model of Personality was assessed whh the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI, Costa & McCrae, 1992a) The NEO-FFI is a shortened version of the revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PIR, Costa & McCrae, 1992a) and consists of 60 hems which assess (a) neuroticism, (b) extraversion, (c) agreeableness. (d) conscientiousness, and (e) openness. Each personality trait was measured by a 12- hem subscale (e.g., for agreeableness, "I generally try to be thoughtful and considerate'") Respondents rated on a five-point Likert scale the extent to which each hem describes them (1 = "strongly disagree," 5 = "strongly agree") A score for each personality trait was obtained by summing the subscale hems 85
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincere thanks
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ABSTRACT This study utilized the co
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION According to
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particular interaction episode" (p
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proximal context, which in turn aff
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contextual model should examine the
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Hypotheses The following hypotheses
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW This c
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experience and interpersonal intera
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stability, and (e) culture McCrae a
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samples of aduhs and children They
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personality descriptors. In the sec
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the five factors were identified in
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When creating a new scale, it is ne
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item adjective list. McCrae and Cos
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was .72 and the largest divergent c
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Another study conducted by McCrae a
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as measured by the PRF, can be view
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Page 77 and 78: These results support the premise t
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Page 99 and 100: CHAPTER IV RESULTS Preliminarv Anal
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Page 111 and 112: CHAPTER V DISCUSSION This study exa
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Page 125 and 126: developmental theory would help us
Page 127 and 128: Boyle, G. J (1989) Re-examination o
Page 129 and 130: Costa, P T , iS: McCrae, R R (1985)
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Page 133 and 134: Kentle, R. L (1994) An examination
Page 135 and 136: McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T. (1989
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Subject We would like you to answer
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IF YOU ARE NOT IN A ROMANTIC RELATI
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STRONGLY STRONGLY DISAGREE AGREE 1
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I AM POOR I .AM EXTREMELY .AT THIS
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Please answer the following questio
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Next, we are interested in how your
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NOT AT ALL EXTREMELY 1 2 3 4 5 4 Co
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