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Denissen, Jacobus J. A. (2005): Understanding and being understood. The impact of intelligence and dispositional valuations on social relationships.

Abstract: The current dissertation investigated the role of cognitive personality traits on the mutual understanding between interaction partners. For this purpose, main effects of intelligence and dispositional valuations were studied (n=1099). In addition, it was asked whether within-dyad personality differences affect mutual understanding and whether gifted individuals differ from a comparison group of university students in their level of social adjustment. Results indicated that individuals perceive a relation between the intelligence level of their interaction partners and the quality of their social relationships. However, such an effect could not be replicated with psychometric intelligence measures (with the exception of vocabulary). Second, the results of the current study did not support the contention that dyadic personality differences constrain communication quality. Third, it could be shown that the sample of gifted individuals was less well adjusted than the sample of college graduates. However, several indications were found that this was not due to their extremely high intelligence but to an oversampling of gifted individuals with adjustment problems. Together, the results showed that mutual understanding is an important factor in the development of close relationships. However, the limited impact of intelligence and dispositional valuations on the quality of dyadic interactions suggests that most people are able to cope with the demands of interpersonal interactions without having a high intelligence level. In addition, most conversation partners seem able to understand each other in spite of within-dyad personality differences.

Keywords: Comprehension, Dyaden, Dyads, Freundschaft, friendship, Gruppenverhalten, impact of intelligence & dispositional valuations on mutual comprehension in close social relationships, Intelligence, Intelligenz, Interpersonal Interaction, Interpersonale Interaktion, Intimacy, Intimität, perceived quality of relationship & dyadic interactions, Personal Values, Personality Traits, Persönliche Werte, Persönlichkeitsmerkmale, Social Perception & Cognition, Soziale Intelligenz, Soziale Wahrnehmung und soziale Kognition, Sozialpsychologie, Verständnis

2005

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