Sweetheart, you really make me happy: romantic relationship quality and personality as predictors of happiness among emerging adults

By M. Demir. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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An upward spiral: Bidirectional associations between positive affect and positive aspects of close relationships across the life span (2015, methodology): “…1 (continued) Study Study typea N Ageb PA construct PA assessment or manipulation Relationship construct Relationship assessment or manipulation Demir (2008) – Study 2 O, C 187 18–29 (M = 22.02, SD = 3.02) Trait PA; Life satisfaction PANAS; Satisfaction with Life Scale Relationship quality…”
I Matter to My Friend, Therefore I am Happy: Friendship, Mattering, and Happiness (2011, background): “There is research showing that identity formation moderates the relationship between close relationship quality and happiness ( Demir 2008 (study 2); Demir 2010a).”
University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner (2012, unknown): “Some studies did show that SWB is associated with characteristics of the romantic relationship such as relationship quality (Berry and Willingham 1997; Demir 2007; Khaleque 2004), motivation in the romantic relationship (Blais et al.”
Friendship and Romantic Relationship Qualities in Emerging Adulthood: Differential Associations with Identity Development and Achieved Adulthood Criteria (2009, background): “considerable amounts of time with them (particularly their romantic partners; Collins and Laursen 2004), and qualities of both relationships have been associated with happiness ( Demir 2008; Demir and Weitekamp 2006).”
Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle (2015, background): “We look to future researchers to examine other predictors—possibly including personality factors like self-esteem, extroversion, and identity formation—which might have more explanatory value when predicting number of friends (Demir, 2008; Diener, Suh, Lucas, & Smith, 1999).”