| dc.description.abstract | Tliis study examined the relationship between personality compatibility and cohesion
among 50 musical groups (191 subjects). Two novel approaches were used; (1) aggregated
ratings of personality; and (2) Neuroticism as a potential moderator variable. Participants
completed circumplex measures of Assured-Dominance, Gregarious-Extraverted, Arrogant-
Calculating and Warm-Agreeable, as well as measures of group cohesion. It was found that
aggregated ratings on some personality dimensions were good predictors of group cohesion and
that Neuroticism moderated the relationship between Warm-Agreeable and group cohesion.
Group mean sccHes on Gregarious-Extraverted and Assured-Dominance were positively correlated
vnUi groiq) cohesion. No support was found for a [U'edicted inverted curvilinear ”U" relationship
between group o^esion and Assured-Dominance. Researcher-defined personality similarity was
associated widi cohesion for some traits. Participants also provided global ratings ofpersonality
similarity and complementarity, and both were positively related to group cohesion. The results
suggest that while single personality dimensions considered in isolation may not correlate
substantially with group cohesion, stronger effects are found when many personality traits are
considered simultaneously. | |
