Knowing me - knowing you: Reported personality and trait discrepancies as predictors of marital idealization between long-wed spouses

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-421

  O'Rourke, Norm ^a   Neufeld, Eva ^b   Claxton, Amy ^c   Smith, JuliAnna Z ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor partner interdependence model; Marital idealization; Older couples; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; WELLBEING; CHARACTER; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERAMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 77954008528     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017873     Document Type: Article

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