Couple similarity and marital satisfaction: Are similar spouses happier?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1401-1420

  Gaunt, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; SPOUSES;

EID: 33748256094     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00414.x     Document Type: Review

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