Relationship of personality with integration and confrontation in internal dialogues.

Interest in confrontational and integrative internal dialogues (IDs) has been growing, as they perform numerous important functions. This study aimed to identify the personality-related determinants of integration and confrontation processes in ID that simulates social relationships. The test group comprised 125 students (62 men). Participants were given a description of a fictional problem facing a young married couple and they were to imagine a dialogue between the characters. Additionally three instruments were administered: the NEO Five Factor Inventory, the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised Questionnaire and the Integration-Confrontation Questionnaire. Using canonical correlation analysis it was found that intense neuroticism and anxious or avoidant attachments, combined with low openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness, are conducive to confrontational attitude in the author of a dialogue, whereas the opposite combination of personality characteristics is associated with integrative attitudes in both parties to the dialogue.