Birds of a Feather Don't Always Fly Farthest: Similarity in Big Five Personality Predicts More Negative Marital Satisfaction Trajectories in Long-Term Marriages

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 666-675

  Shiota, Michelle N ^a   Levenson, Robert W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Big Five; marital satisfaction; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38649130486     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.4.666     Document Type: Article

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