Page No 206-216
Azkaa Safdar and Rabia Dasti
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
The present research was a correlational study aimed at investigating the relationship
of personality and pathological love among young adults. It was hypothesized that: (a)
there is likely to be a relationship between personality and pathological love among
young adults; (b) personality traits and sociodemographic variables like intimate
relationships in the past, parental marital status etc. are likely to predict pathological
love among young adults. The sample comprised of 120 males (M=20.50, SD=1.60)
and 227 females (M=20.50, SD=1.60) from six different universities (three public, three
private) with age range from 18 to 24 years. The participants were selected through
convenience sampling. Urdu translated version of Big five personality Inventory (BFI)
(John & Srivastava, 1999), translated by Dawood (2012) and Pathological Love Scale
(Safdar & Dasti, 2014) were used to collect the data. Results indicated that extraversion,
conscientiousness and neuroticism positively while, agreeableness negatively correlated
with pathological love. Furthermore, extraversion, conscientiousness and neuroticism
positively predicted pathological love whereas; intimate relationship in the past negatively
predicted pathological love. The present research implicates that serious steps should
be taken at societal level to address the rising problem of love pathology among the
youngsters and at clinical level to develop sensitive indigenous interventions for the
victim of pathological love.
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