Ideal mate personality concepts and compatibility in close relationships: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-256

  Zentner, Marcel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Big Five; Complementarity; Couples; Ideal; Personality; Q sort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; Q-SORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 25144525481     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.2.242     Document Type: Article

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