The six dimensions of personality (HEXACO) and their associations with network layer size and emotional closeness to network members

Molho, Catherine, Roberts, Sam G., de Vries, Reinout and Pollet, Thomas (2016) The six dimensions of personality (HEXACO) and their associations with network layer size and emotional closeness to network members. Personality and Individual Differences, 99. pp. 144-148. ISSN 0191-8869

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.096

Abstract

Previous work has examined how specific personality dimensions are associated with social network characteristics. However, it is unclear how the full range of personality traits relates to the quantity and quality of relationships at different network layers. This study (N = 525) investigates how the six HEXACO personality dimensions relate to the size of support and sympathy groups, and to the level of emotional closeness to network members. Extraversion was positively related to support group size, but did not significantly relate to sympathy group size or emotional closeness. Openness to Experience and Emotionality were positively related to support group size, but not to the size of the sympathy group. Honesty–Humility, but not Agreeableness, was positively related to emotional closeness to members of the sympathy group. Findings suggest that personality effects vary across network layers and highlight the importance of considering both emotional closeness and network size.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Individual differences, HEXACO, Social networks, Emotional closeness
Subjects: C800 Psychology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2017 12:58
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 10:51
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31931

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