The effects of personality similarity upon interpersonal attraction in same-sex friendship : An examination from personality trait dimensions and interpersonal attraction dimensions

ドウセイ ユウジン カンケイ ニオケル パーソナリティ ノ ルイジセイ ニンチ ガ ミリョク ハンダン ニ アタエル コウカ パーソナリティ トクセイ ジゲン ト タイジン ミリョク ジゲン ニヨル ケントウ

タニグチ, ジュンイチ

Taniguchi, Junichi

大坊, 郁夫

ダイボウ, イクオ

Daibo, Ikuo

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

社会的望ましさ

親密さ

友人関係

自己受容

personality similarity

social desirability

intimacy

friendship

self-acceptance

This study clarified the effect of perceiving personality similarity upon interpersonal attraction (personality similarity effect) in same-sax friendships, by comparing the effect of personality similarity with that of social desirability, examining the level of personality similarity effect by levels of intimacy and self-acceptance. The participants were 184 undergraduates (134 females, 49 males, and 1 unknown). They were asked to imagine a same-sex friend and evaluate (1) personality traits of themselves and their friends, (2) attraction judgment on their friends, (3) the intimacy of relationships between them and their friends, (4) self-acceptance, (5) the perception of personality similarity between them and their friends. The main findings were as follows: First, the effect of social desirability was generally stronger than that of personality similarity, but for dyads with some combinations of personality trait dimensions and interpersonal attraction dimensions, personality similarity effect was stronger than that of social desirability. Second, personality similarity effect was influenced by the level and component of intimacy. Third, personality similarity effect was not influenced by the level of self-acceptance.

大坊, 郁夫