Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2012 Mar;102(3):646-59. doi: 10.1037/a0025313. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
Personality constructs are typically conceptualized as central tendencies of the individual. We explore whether dynamic personality constructs that quantify the within-individual variability of behavior across situations and over time predict the closeness of social relationships. We focused on interpersonal spin, defined as the degree of dispersion in a person's interpersonal behaviors around the interpersonal circumplex across situations and over time. We predicted that individuals with high spin would have social relationships that are less close than individuals with low spin. In 3 studies with different measures of relationship closeness, we found that (a) higher spinners reported that a larger proportion of their contacts in their workplace social networks were distant (Study 1); (b) co-workers were less satisfied and less often engaged in pleasant activities with higher spinners (Study 2); and (c) co-workers avoided higher spinners with whom they were well acquainted (Study 3). Moderated mediation analyses in Study 3 revealed that co-workers avoided well-acquainted higher spinners because they felt more negative affect when interacting with these individuals. The findings suggest the potential of dynamic personality constructs for improving our understanding of the characteristics of individuals' social relationships.
人格结构通常被概念化为个体的中心趋势。我们探讨了是否可以通过量化个体在不同情境和时间内行为变化的动态人格结构来预测社交关系的亲密程度。我们关注人际旋转，定义为一个人在不同情境和时间内围绕人际双元模型的人际行为分散程度。我们预测，高旋转个体的社交关系不如低旋转个体亲密。在 3 项不同关系亲密程度测量的研究中，我们发现：(a) 较高的旋转者报告说，其工作场所社交网络中的更大比例联系人较为疏远（研究 1）；(b) 同事对高旋转者的满意度较低，并且较少与他们一起参与愉快的活动（研究 2）；以及 (c) 同事回避与他们很熟悉的高旋转者（研究 3）。研究 3 中的中介调节分析表明，同事回避熟悉的高旋转者，因为与这些人互动时他们会感到更多的负面情绪。这些发现表明，动态人格结构有可能提高我们对个体社交关系特征的理解。
