Abstract
This research examined the correlation between imagined interactions (IIs), a type of social cognition and intrapersonal communication, and the various personality traits that constitute “The Big 5.” A canonical correlation analysis revealing the association between attributes and functions of imagined interactions and Big 5 personality traits in an attempt to further define the experience of having imagined interactions as a personality trait is presented. Frequency and neuroticism were found to have a relationship, in addition to frequency and openness. Additional linkages revealed include: non-discrepant II's and conscientiousness and extraversion; catharsis and relational maintenance and conscientiousness and neuroticism; and relational maintenance and neuroticism/lack of conscientiousness. Results are discussed in terms of a heritability model of traits and Freudian personality theory in terms of poetic imagination.
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