Regardless of participant age, length of relationship, country of origin, and numerous other factors, prior research has established a robust negative association between neuroticism and relationship quality. As so much has already been studied on the topic of neuroticism and relationship quality, this study explored the association between neuroticism and relationship quality using meta-analytic methodology, examined moderators, and outlined future studies for the field. After searching through databases and the references of included studies, 148 published studies were identified that reported an effect size between neuroticism and relationship quality. Reported effect sizes resulted in an overall aggregate correlation of r = -.238 and differentiated effect sizes for male actor and partner correlations, and female actor and partner correlations were similar. Results indicated that participant race, participant sexual orientation, and whether the effect sizes were taken from cross-sectional or longitudinal data did not moderate the relationship. However, the region of the world that the participants were from, the type of measurement tool used, participant age, and the length of time spent in a relationship were all significant moderators of our variables. We outline a model for how neuroticism operates through emotions, interpretations, and behaviors, which offers information for ways couples' practitioners could work to mitigate the association between neuroticism and relationship quality. Future directions for the field are delineated. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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神经质和关系质量：荟萃分析综述。


无论参与者的年龄、关系的长短、原籍国和许多其他因素如何，先前的研究都已确定神经质与关系质量之间存在强烈的负相关关系。由于关于神经质和关系质量的主题已经有很多研究，本研究使用荟萃分析方法探讨了神经质和关系质量之间的关联，检查了调节者，并概述了该领域的未来研究。在搜索数据库和纳入研究的参考文献后，发现了 148 项已发表的研究报告了神经质与关系质量之间的效应大小。报告的效应大小导致总体相关性为 r = -.238，并且男性演员和伴侣相关性的效应大小存在差异，而女性演员和伴侣相关性则相似。结果表明，参与者的种族、参与者的性取向以及效应大小是取自横截面数据还是纵向数据并不能调节这种关系。然而，参与者来自世界哪个地区、使用的测量工具类型、参与者年龄以及恋爱关系的时间长短都是我们变量的重要调节因素。我们概述了神经质如何通过情绪、解释和行为发挥作用的模型，该模型为夫妻从业者如何减轻神经质与关系质量之间的关联提供了信息。描绘了该领域的未来方向。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。