Romantic Relationship Can Stabilize A loving, romantic relationship can have a positive, stabilizing effect on a neurotic personality, according to a new study, published in the online edition of the Journal of Personality. “Neurotic people are rather anxious, insecure, and easily annoyed. They have a tendency towards depression, often show low self-esteem and tend to be generally dissatisfied with their lives,” said psychologist Dr. Christine Finn of the University of Jena in Germany. “However, we were able to show that they become more stable in a love relationship, and that their personality stabilizes.” For the study, scientists recruited 245 couples (ages 18 to 30) and interviewed them individually every three months for nine months total. Participants completed questionnaires, allowing the scientists to analyze the degrees of neuroticism as well as relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, the participants were asked to evaluate fictitious everyday life situations and to determine their possible significance for their own relationship. “This part was crucial, because neurotic people process influences from the outside world differently,” said Finn. For example, they react more dramatically to negative stimuli and have a tendency to interpret ambiguous situations negatively instead of positively or neutrally. Read More Here: psychcentral/news/2014/05/10/romantic-relationship-can-stabilize-neurotic-person/69672.html
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:05:24 +0000
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