Normal and abnormal personality traits are associated with marital satisfaction for both men and women: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model analysis

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-477

  Stroud, Catherine B ^a   Durbin, C Emily ^a   Saigal, Seema D ^a   Knobloch Fedders, Lynne M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Marital satisfaction; Negative Emotionality; Personality; Positive Emotionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955174066     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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