Personality trait similarity between spouses in four cultures

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1137-1164

  McCrae, Robert R ^a,e   Martin, Thomas A ^b   Hrebícková, Martina ^c   Urbánek, Tomáš ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^d   Willemsen, Gonneke ^d   Costa Jr , Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGISTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARACTER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGISTRIES; RUSSIA; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPOUSES; TWINS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51749120561     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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