Personality Traits for Being a Good Friend According to Science
If you want to make more friends and keep the ones you have, it all boils down to three key personality traits.
The study, published in the European Journal of Personality , examined five basic personality traits – extraversion, neuroticism, compliance, conscientiousness, and openness to experience – and their relationship to friendship satisfaction. When all was said and done, researchers found that being open to experience has little to do with being a good friend. And, unsurprisingly, they found that those with more of the neurotic side were rated lower than those who seemed more emotionally stable and less dramatic.
According to the researchers, the key traits of a good friend were conscientiousness or how careful and alert you are, extraversion, or how much you love to interact with others, and complaisance, or how kind and understanding you are. It’s actually pretty simple. You may like what you like, unless you attach great importance to everything. If you want to be a good friend, just come to something (and be on time), don’t always try to be right, and actually make an effort to spend time with others instead of hiding. You can read more about the study at the link below.
Satisfaction with Personality and Friendship in Everyday Life: Do everyday social interactions take into account individual differences in friendship satisfaction? | European journal of personality through science about us