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The WORST Quality For Your Soul Mate

By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor
If you're on a quest to find your one true soul mate on this Earth, better steer clear of any potential partner who shows signs of being hypercompetitive. At least that's the word from researchers at the University of Maine in Orono, who conclude that such people end up in rocky relationships that are full of conflict, emotional pain, and unhappiness, reports Reuters. Ouch.

"If the person needs to be right about everything, needs constant reassurance, shows little understanding and appreciation of your needs, and continually tries to regulate your behavior, these would all be signs that he or she is hypercompetitive and not a particularly good candidate for a partner," Richard M. Ryckman told Reuters. Of the 240 heterosexual university students in the study, nearly two thirds were married or in serious relationships; the remainder were in somewhat serious relationships or casually dating. Those who agreed with such statements as "It's a dog-eat-dog world" and "If you don't get the better of others, they will surely get the better of you," also experienced the most trouble in their intimate relationships, were less able to honestly communicate with their partner, admitted to inflicting greater pain on their partner, seemed to have stronger needs to control their partners, and reported higher levels of possessiveness, jealousy, and mistrust of their partners than did their peers. "A hypercompetitive attitude can't be wished away, by promising to be better and to be more sensitive to others' needs," Ryckman told Reuters. "It is a deeply-rooted attitude that rests on a foundation of feelings of insecurity and powerlessness." The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.