Exploring the links between dispositions, romantic relationships, support networks and community inclusion in men and women.

ABSTRACT: Most studies of social cognition have focused on dyadic relationships, and rather few have looked at how we engage with individuals in the wider social world into which we are embedded. Here we use principle component analysis (PCA) and path analysis to explore how different aspects of human sociality interact. We demonstrate two distinct clusters in both sexes relating to (i) romantic relationships and (ii) wider social engagement, such as that with the local community. These two domains of relationship were associated with different dispositional traits: individual variation in impulsivity in the former, and in empathy and avoidant attachment in the latter. Although these clusters were broadly similar across both sexes, clearer differentiation is evident in males. In females only, suppor

SUBMITTER: Pearce E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6504087 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature