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Trait and Facet Personality Similarity and Relationship and Life Satisfaction in Romantic Couples

Year: 2023

Type: preprint

Abstract: Previous research has shown that personality similarity plays a negligible role in explaining the life and relationship satisfaction of couples. However, similarity in more proximally measured personality (i.e., facets) might explain additional variance in partners' well-being. The current study examined if in a sample of 1294 female-male romantic couples individual and partner personality traits and facets were associated with life and relationship satisfaction in expected ways. Similarity in personality traits and facets was not robustly associated with either life or relationship satisfaction of partners. The results are discussed in the context of the predictive validity of personality facets.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104378

Authors: Rebekka Weidmann, Mariah F. Purol, Alisar Alabdullah, Sophia M. Ryan, Ethan G. Wright, Jeewon Oh, William J. Chopik

Institutions: University of Basel, Michigan State University, Syracuse University

Language: English

Topic: Personality Traits and Psychology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Michigan State University, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, National Institute on Aging

Awards: The Dyadic Effects of Optimism on Health and Biological Functioning: An Investigation of Health Behavior Mechanisms, Personality and Well-Being: An Individual, Couple, and Family Perspective

OpenAlex ID: W4367325939

Cites: 69

Cited by: 16

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