Match makers and deal breakers: Analyses of assortative mating in newlywed couples

Journal of Personality

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1029-1068

  Watson, David ^a,c   Klohnen, Eva C ^a   Casillas, Alex ^a   Simms, Ericka Nus ^a   Haig, Jeffrey ^a   Berry, Diane S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744353819     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00289.x     Document Type: Review

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