title: The functions of internal dialogs and their connection with personality.
abstract: In previous studies, seven key functions in internal dialogs were identified: Support, Substitution, Exploration, Bond, Self-improvement, Insight, and Self-guiding. It was also established that internal dialogs vary in the intensity of these functions. The presented research aimed to test if there are configurations of personality variables that allow us to predict specific patterns of functions performed by internal dialogs. Canonical correlation analysis revealed that the higher the intensity of neuroticism and anxious attachment and the lower the intensity of openness and the tendency to spontaneously adopt the viewpoints of others, the more strongly a person's internal dialogs perform the Substitution function and the weaker the Insight and Support functions are. The reverse configuration of personality characteristics intensifies Insight and Support and minimized Substitution. The results are presented in the context of the status of dialogicality and discussed in the light of other studies on internal dialogs.
authors.affiliation: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Małgorzata M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Puchalska-Wasyl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000075384:Neuroticism; D009769:Object Attachment; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dialogical self; functions of dialog; imaginary dialog; internal dialog; personality traits; simulation of social relationships