New study links manipulative personality traits to lower relationship intimacy expectations

New study links manipulative personality traits to lower relationship intimacy expectations

New research reveals that people with highly manipulative personalities hold lower expectations for emotional closeness in their romantic relationships, with older women showing the strongest negative association. But the findings suggest that existing views on love and attachment habits shape connection more heavily than negative personality traits alone. The research was published in Personality and Individual Differences. Developing deep inti…