Birds of a feather or strange birds? Ties among personality dimensions, similarity, and marital quality.
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Summary
Results suggest that higher neuroticism, lower agreeableness, lower conscientiousness, and less positive expressivity are tied to marital dissatisfaction, but low overall levels of partner similarity were found on these variables, which suggests that nonpathological variations in these personality dimensions do not contribute to satisfaction.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2004-12-01
- Cited by
- 282
- References
- 38
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Keywords
Psychology, Agreeableness, Personality, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness
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