Personality and Close Relationships: Embedding People in Important Social Contexts
M. Lynne Cooper,
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M. Lynne Cooper
University of Missouri—Columbia
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Corresponding Author
M. Lynne Cooper
University of Missouri—Columbia
Requests for reprints or other questions concerning this article can be directed to the author at E-mail: [email protected] .Search for more papers by this authorPreparation of this article was supported by a research leave from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and by grant #R01AA08047 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. I would like to acknowledge the helpful comments of Jeremy Skinner, Howard Tennen, and Laura King on an earlier draft of this article, and Autumn Hoban for assistance in preparing it.
Abstract
ABSTRACT This special issue of the Journal of Personality is predicated on the assumption that close relationships provide the central stage for the drama of human experience. This all-important context both shapes and conditions the expression of personality, and thus must play an integral role in any truly adequate account of human behavior. The importance of this agenda is perhaps overshadowed only by its difficulty. Contributions to the present issue, therefore, take stock of past research, highlight current state-of-the-art research, and offer a vision of the next generation of research on personality and close relationships. The conceptual and methodological approaches highlighted in this issue remain faithful to the dynamic, interdependent, and multilayered nature of the processes linking personality and close relationships.
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