AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE TRAIT FRIENDLINESS AND GREGARIOUSNESS IN THE RELIGIOUS DOMAIN AND THEIR RELATION TO HUMAN WELLBEING

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-I).02      10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-I).02      Published : Mar 2024
Authored by : HafsahAyaz , SadiaMushtaq , NailaMushtaq

02 Pages : 13-22

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  • Cooper, J. M. (1977). Aristotle on the forms of friendship. Review of Metaphysics, 30, 619–648.
  • osta, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). "Normal" personality inventories in clinical assessment: General requirements and the potential for using the NEO Personality Inventory: Reply. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.4.1.20
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  • Demir, M., & Davidson, I. (2013). Toward a better understanding of the relationship between friendship and happiness: Perceived responses to capitalization attempts, feelings of mattering, and satisfaction of basic psychological needs in same- sex best friendships as predictors of happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well- Being, 14(2), 525–550.
  • Demir, M., & Weitekamp, L. A. (2007). "I am so happy cause today I found my friend: Friendship and personality as predictors of happiness": Erratum. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well- Being, 8(2), 213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902- 006-9034-1
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  • Hartup, W. W., & Stevens, N. (1997). Friendships and adaptation in the life course. Psychological Bulletin, 121(3), 355–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.121.3.355
  • Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., Baker, M., Harris, T., Stephenson, D. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: A meta- analytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(2), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614568352
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  • John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big Five Trait Taxonomy: History, Measurement, and Theoretical Perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research (Vol. 2, pp. 102-138). Guilford Press.
  • Jung, C. G. (2017). Psychological Types. Routledge.
  • Khoynezhad, G., Rajaei, A. R., & Sarvarazemy, A. (2012). Basic Religious Beliefs and Personality Traits. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 7(2), 83. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428642/
  • Larson, R., Mannell, R., & Zuzanek, J. (1986). Daily well-being of older adults with friends and family. Psychology and Aging, 1, 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.1.2.117
  • Leibowitz, U. D. (2018). What is Friendship? Disputatio, 10(49), 97–117. https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0008
  • Li, H., Ji, Y., & Chen, T. (2014). The roles of different sources of social support on emotional well-being among Chinese elderly. PLoS ONE, 9(3), Article e90051. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090051
  • Lucas, R. E., Kim, L., & Dyrenforth, P. S. (2008). Explaining the Extraversion/Positive Affect Relation: Sociability Cannot Account for Extraverts’ Greater Happiness. Journal of Personality, 76(3), 388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00490.x
  • Reis, H. T., Smith, S. M., Carmichael, C. L., Caprariello, P. A., Tsai, F.-F., Rodrigues, A., & Maniaci, M. R. (2010). Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(2), 311– 329. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018344
  • Seligman, M. E. P. (2012). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well- Being. New York, NY: Atria Paperback.
  • Shafi, M. (Trans.). (n.d.). Ma’arif-ul-Quran. (Prof. M. H. Askari & Prof. M. Shamim, Translators). Karachi: Maktabah Dar-ul-Uloom.
  • Szczecin, M., SopiÅ„ska, B., & Kroplewski, Z. (2019). "Big Five" Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Religiosity. Religions, 10(7), 437. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10070437
  • Vaillant, G. E. (2012). Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
  • Walker, D. I., Curren, R., & Jones, C. (2016). Good friendships among children: A theoretical and empirical investigation. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 46, 286–309. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12100
  • Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1997). Extraversion and its positive emotional core. In R. Hogan, J. A. Johnson, & S. R. Briggs (Eds.), Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 767–793). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012134645-4/50030-5
  • Wilson, R. E., Harris, K., & Vazire, S. (2015). Personality and Friendship Satisfaction in Daily Life: Do Everyday Social Interactions Account for Individual Differences in Friendship Satisfaction? European Journal of Personality, 29(2), 175. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1996
  • Wrzus, C., Wagner, J., & Neyer, F. J. (2012). The interdependence of horizontal family relationships and friendships relates to higher well-being. Personal Relationships, 19(3), 465– 482. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01373.x

References

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  • Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2021). A review of personality/religiousness associations. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 51-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.023
  • Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 498.7 https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.117.3.49
  • Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., Aaker, J. L., & Garbinsky, E. N. (2013). Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(6), 505-516. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.830764
  • Cohen, S. (2004). Social Relationships and Health. American Psychologist, 59(8), 676–684. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.59.8.676
  • Cohen, S., & Wills, T. A. (1985). Stress, social support, and buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 310-357
  • Cooper, J. M. (1977). Aristotle on the forms of friendship. Review of Metaphysics, 30, 619–648.
  • osta, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). "Normal" personality inventories in clinical assessment: General requirements and the potential for using the NEO Personality Inventory: Reply. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.4.1.20
  • Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1992). The five-factor model of personality and its relevance to personality disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 6(4), 343–359. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.1992.6.4.343
  • Demir, M., & Davidson, I. (2013). Toward a better understanding of the relationship between friendship and happiness: Perceived responses to capitalization attempts, feelings of mattering, and satisfaction of basic psychological needs in same- sex best friendships as predictors of happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well- Being, 14(2), 525–550.
  • Demir, M., & Weitekamp, L. A. (2007). "I am so happy cause today I found my friend: Friendship and personality as predictors of happiness": Erratum. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well- Being, 8(2), 213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902- 006-9034-1
  • Depue, R. A., & Collins, P. F. (1999). Neurobiology of the structure of personality: dopamine, facilitation of incentive motivation, and extraversion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22(3), 491-517; discussion 518-569. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x99002046
  • Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13(1), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00415
  • Greco, S., Holmes, M., & McKenzie, J. (2015). Friendship and Happiness from a Sociological Perspective. In Springer eBooks (pp. 19–35). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9603-3_2
  • Hartup, W. W., & Stevens, N. (1997). Friendships and adaptation in the life course. Psychological Bulletin, 121(3), 355–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.121.3.355
  • Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., Baker, M., Harris, T., Stephenson, D. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: A meta- analytic review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(2), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614568352
  • Hossain, A., & Ali, M. K. (2014). Relation between Individual and Society. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2(8), 132. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2014.28019
  • Hume, D. (1978). A Treatise of Human Nature. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Huston, T. L., & Burgess, R. L. (1979). Social exchange in developing relationships: An overview. In R. L. Burgess & T. L. Huston (Eds.), Social exchange in developing relationships (pp. 3–28). Costa, J. F. (2022). On gregariousness. Philosophy, 97(4), 435–460. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819122000316
  • John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big Five Trait Taxonomy: History, Measurement, and Theoretical Perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research (Vol. 2, pp. 102-138). Guilford Press.
  • Jung, C. G. (2017). Psychological Types. Routledge.
  • Khoynezhad, G., Rajaei, A. R., & Sarvarazemy, A. (2012). Basic Religious Beliefs and Personality Traits. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 7(2), 83. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428642/
  • Larson, R., Mannell, R., & Zuzanek, J. (1986). Daily well-being of older adults with friends and family. Psychology and Aging, 1, 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.1.2.117
  • Leibowitz, U. D. (2018). What is Friendship? Disputatio, 10(49), 97–117. https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0008
  • Li, H., Ji, Y., & Chen, T. (2014). The roles of different sources of social support on emotional well-being among Chinese elderly. PLoS ONE, 9(3), Article e90051. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090051
  • Lucas, R. E., Kim, L., & Dyrenforth, P. S. (2008). Explaining the Extraversion/Positive Affect Relation: Sociability Cannot Account for Extraverts’ Greater Happiness. Journal of Personality, 76(3), 388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00490.x
  • Reis, H. T., Smith, S. M., Carmichael, C. L., Caprariello, P. A., Tsai, F.-F., Rodrigues, A., & Maniaci, M. R. (2010). Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(2), 311– 329. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018344
  • Seligman, M. E. P. (2012). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well- Being. New York, NY: Atria Paperback.
  • Shafi, M. (Trans.). (n.d.). Ma’arif-ul-Quran. (Prof. M. H. Askari & Prof. M. Shamim, Translators). Karachi: Maktabah Dar-ul-Uloom.
  • Szczecin, M., SopiÅ„ska, B., & Kroplewski, Z. (2019). "Big Five" Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Religiosity. Religions, 10(7), 437. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10070437
  • Vaillant, G. E. (2012). Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
  • Walker, D. I., Curren, R., & Jones, C. (2016). Good friendships among children: A theoretical and empirical investigation. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 46, 286–309. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12100
  • Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1997). Extraversion and its positive emotional core. In R. Hogan, J. A. Johnson, & S. R. Briggs (Eds.), Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 767–793). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012134645-4/50030-5
  • Wilson, R. E., Harris, K., & Vazire, S. (2015). Personality and Friendship Satisfaction in Daily Life: Do Everyday Social Interactions Account for Individual Differences in Friendship Satisfaction? European Journal of Personality, 29(2), 175. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1996
  • Wrzus, C., Wagner, J., & Neyer, F. J. (2012). The interdependence of horizontal family relationships and friendships relates to higher well-being. Personal Relationships, 19(3), 465– 482. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01373.x

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