title: Quality of college students' same-sex friendships as a function of personality and interpersonal competence.
abstract: The aim of the current study was to investigate personality traits and interpersonal competencies as predictors of the quality of same-sex friendships in young adulthood. Undergraduate students (N = 176), who attended a mid-Atlantic U.S., medium-sized university, completed self-report surveys on their personality, interpersonal competence, and friendship quality. Sex, class status, extraversion, agreeableness, and interpersonal competencies were associated with higher friendship quality, but only the interpersonal competence of self-disclosure significantly predicted friendship quality after controlling for sex, class status, and the five personality factors.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Maryland, USA. cfes1@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Candice C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: Carolyn McNamara
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Martin F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult