Quality of college students' same-sex friendships as a function of personality and interpersonal competence
Candice C Festa1, Carolyn McNamara Barry, Martin F Sherman
1Loyola University Maryland, USA. cfes1@earthlink.net
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.
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