Drawing up a list of essential qualities and crippling faults can be, for some, a way of facilitating romantic encounters. A recent study published in the scientific journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin in October 2023 reveals personality traits that are prohibitive, or on the contrary, essential when it comes to seduction.
You can’t please everyone… An adage that can easily be verified when it comes to romantic relationships, particularly where it can sometimes be difficult to find the right fit. Thus, to facilitate the search for a soul mate, some do not hesitate to list the qualities they would like to find in their partner or, conversely, list all the personality traits which constitute a real killer. love.
Kindness, empathy, humor, etc. Depending on profiles and personalities, certain personality traits may prove essential or prohibitive when it comes to romantic relationships. A point that researchers have focused on, including Erika B. Langley, researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona, in the United States. In October 2023, the team of researchers published their findings in a report published in the scientific journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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Humor and frankness
According to the study, Humor is one of the most sought-after personality traits when it comes to dating. To understand the influence of humor in the game of seduction, Erika B. Langley and her epic subject several hundred participants aged 18 to 68 to a series of experiments, including a simulated first date. you with two individuals, one with humorous traits, the other not. At the end of this meeting, the participants had to associate a characteristic with each individual: the profiles who showed humor were perceived as more creative by their interlocutor.
Through different experiences, humor has revealed itself as an important character trait which constitutes a real social skill, particularly in conflict resolution. Showing humor on the first date therefore not only serves to break the ice but is, according to the study, an important quality in a long-term relationship.
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It only took three experiments for the panel to highlight the crippling personality trait when it comes to romantic relationships: being a liar. The study reveals that having a propensity to talk nonsense is not a personality trait sought after in a romantic relationship. According to the authors, the lies “distort our understanding of reality and can erode the foundations on which our relationships are built.”
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