Similarity between partners in real and perceived personality traits as measured by the Myers-Briggs type indicator

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 444-450

  Nordvik, Hilmar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

MBTI; Partner similarity; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; THINKING;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPOUSES; THINKING;

EID: 0030331520     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00676.x     Document Type: Article

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