Not exact matches
Thus, followers of a candidate potentially look beyond
negative leadership
qualities to select those leaders who they perceive to have redeeming positive
attributes and values.
When you understand your own personal nature — your positive
attributes and
negative tendencies, and how it is influenced by the nature around you, you are empowered to make choices that enhance your best
qualities and prevent illness or disease.
Elizabeth Bernstein writes in the November 2, 2015 Wall Street Journal that partners in love relationships focus more on the
negative qualities of a partner than positive
attributes when considering a deepening of commitment.
Most research on marital
quality reveals that even happily married persons hold both positive and
negative feelings about their relationship (Fincham & Linfield, 1997; Rook 1998), and that formal conceptualizations and measures of marital satisfaction should recognize the contribution of positive and
negative attributes (Kiecolt - Glaser & Newton, 2001).
The individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by
attributing exaggerated
negative qualities to self or others.
For example,
attributes of a child's friendships (
quality and number), parental influences (parenting style, transmission of
negative cognitions), and attention biases would be a useful addition.