Personality, cognitive style and assortative mating

Glicksohn, Joseph; Golan, Hilla

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(00)00103-3

Cited by 58 publications

(55 citation statements)

References 26 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…For example, Gattis et al (2004) did not find spousal similarity on any of the Big Five traits to be a significant predictor of marital satisfaction in a sample of distressed and treatment-seeking couples, and Donnellan et al (2007) found no evidence that personality similarity predicted relationship outcomes. Likewise, Big Five personality similarity did not predict enhanced relationship satisfaction in a community sample of couples in their 40s and 60s (Shiota & Levenson, 2007; see also Eysenck & Wakefield, 1981;Glicksohn & Golan, 2001;Zentner, 2005). Thus, the overall literature only provides mixed empirical support for the hypothesis that couples with more similar personalities are actually happier couples.…”

Section: Couple Similarity and Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The importance of this focus is evident in the long-standing interest in the personality correlates of happy and satisfied relationships (e.g., Kelly & Conley, 1987;Terman & Buttenweiser, 1935). Indeed, the links between personality and relationship satisfaction have received considerable attention in recent years, as researchers have worked to merge evidence regarding the intrapersonal and interpersonal influences of personality for individuals involved in close relationships (e.g., Barelds, 2005;Gattis, Berns, Simpson, & Christensen, 2004;Gaunt, 2006;Glicksohn & Golan, 2001;Gonzaga, Campos, & Bradbury, 2007;Luo et al, 2008;Luo & Klohnen, 2005; D. Watson, Hubbard, & Wiese, 2000). In the present article, we extend this literature by examining how a person's own personality attributes and his or her spouse's attributes combine to predict relationship and life satisfaction using three very large, nationally representative samples of married couples.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects.

Dyrenforth¹,

Kashy²,

Donnellan³

et al. 2010

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

279

350

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Three very large, nationally representative samples of married couples were used to examine the relative importance of 3 types of personality effects on relationship and life satisfaction: actor effects, partner effects, and similarity effects. Using data sets from Australia (N = 5,278), the United Kingdom (N = 6,554), and Germany (N = 11,418) provided an opportunity to test whether effects replicated across samples. Actor effects accounted for approximately 6% of the variance in relationship satisfaction and between 10% and 15% of the variance in life satisfaction. Partner effects (which were largest for Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability) accounted for between 1% and 3% of the variance in relationship satisfaction and between 1% and 2% of the variance in life satisfaction. Couple similarity consistently explained less than .5% of the variance in life and relationship satisfaction after controlling for actor and partner effects.

show abstract

Section: Couple Similarity and Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 96%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects.

Dyrenforth¹,

Kashy²,

Donnellan³

et al. 2010

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

279

350

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For example, it is possible that some characteristics (e.g., attitudes and values) are more malleable and show greater convergence than others (e.g., personality traits). To date, however, most studies that have examined this issue have found that initial assortment-rather than convergence-primarily is responsible for observed evidence of similarity (e.g., Buss, 1984;Caspi & Herbener, 1993;Feng & Baker, 1994;Glicksohn & Golan, 2001;Guttman & Zohar, 1987;Mascie-Taylor, 1989;Price & Vandenberg, 1980). Active assortment versus social homogamy.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Available Evidence And Goals Of The Currementioning

confidence: 99%

Match Makers and Deal Breakers: Analyses of Assortative Mating in Newlywed Couples

Watson

Klohnen

Casillas

et al. 2004

Journal of Personality

435

471

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We conducted a comprehensive analysis of assortative mating (i.e., the similarity between wives and husbands on a given characteristic) in a newlywed sample. These newlyweds showed (a) strong similarity in age, religiousness, and political orientation; (b) moderate similarity in education and verbal intelligence; (c) modest similarity in values; and (d) little similarity in matrix reasoning, self-and spouse-rated personality, emotional experience and expression, and attachment. Further analyses established that similarity was not simply due to background variables such as age and education and reflected initial assortment (i.e., similarity at the time of marriage) rather than convergence (i.e., increasing similarity with time). Finally, marital satisfaction primarily was a function of the rater's own traits and showed little relation to spousal similarity.

show abstract

“…It is clear that individuals do form relationships with people who are characterized by traits like sensation-seeking (Glicksohn & Golan, 2001), antisocial behavior (Knight, 2011), and the Dark Triad traits (Smith et al, 2014). However, the work tends to rely on established couples.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Birds of a “bad” feather flock together: The Dark Triad and mate choice

Jonason

Lyons

Blanchard

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

a b s t r a c tPrevious research on the Dark Triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) has focused solely on the role the Dark Triad traits played in mate choice of actors. The current study (N = 336) extends this by manipulating the apparent levels of Dark Triad traits in targets and correlating mate choice in these targets with individual differences in the Dark Triad traits in actors. As expected, both sexes preferred partners low in the Dark Triad traits for long-term mating, while those high in these traits were preferred for one-night stands. However, women high in psychopathy considered the Dark Triad traits in potential male partners more physically attractive and desirable for an one-night stand, as well as a potential husband. Men who were high on psychopathy were likewise attracted to psychopathy in potential mothers. Our findings are discussed from an evolutionary personality paradigm.

show abstract

Personality, cognitive style and assortative mating

Cited by 58 publications

References 26 publications

Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects.

Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects.

Match Makers and Deal Breakers: Analyses of Assortative Mating in Newlywed Couples

Birds of a “bad” feather flock together: The Dark Triad and mate choice

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About