Relationships Between Personality and Individual Perceptions of Social Cohesion

This research explored personality correlates of social cohesion. Groups of two were given a task to perform that required cooperation between the two team members. This task exposed each team member to the other's personality. Upon completion of the task, the individual perceptions of social cohesion were assessed by each individual. We hypothesized that extraversion, emotional stability, and agreeableness of one team member will correlate positively with the other team member's perception of social cohesion. These hypotheses were not supported. However an exploratory analysis showed that an individual's level of extraversion and conscientiousness were positively correlated to that same individual's cohesion rating. Additionally, an individual's level of neuroticism was negatively correlated with that same individual's cohesion rating.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Garrett, James

• Mental and Social Health
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/524

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1527