Big Five personality traits and relationship quality: Self-reported, observational, and physiological evidence

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 811-829

  Holland, Ashley S ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Dating couples; Engaged couples; Married couples; Observed quality; Personality traits; Physiological reactivity; Self reported quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149094321     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407508096697     Document Type: Article

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