The Impact of Stability and Change in Personality Traits on Intimate Relationship Quality in Early Adulthood

Early adulthood romantic relationships are a topic of much research interest. Based on this, the present study explores how adult intimate relationships affect neuroticism, as well as how personality traits affect intimate relationship as well as the role of such relationships in shaping personality traits between people aged 18-30. The study finds that though neurotic persons do enter into dating relationships, higher agreeableness is associated with greater satisfaction in relationships. The above results show that good social interactions have a dampening effect on neuroticism, but an increasing one for agreeableness across the life course. Given this result, some recommendations are offered for future research need to apply fine-grained longitudinal methods to detect nonlinear changes in personality traits across major life events. Second, treatments designed to promote relational skills may have benefits beyond being linked to higher levels of relational well-being. They could potentially support the healthy development of emerging adults as well.