Incremental validity of spouse ratings versus self-reports of personality as predictors of marital quality and behavior during marital conflict

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 676-684

  Cundiff, Jenny M ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a   Frandsen, Clay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Marital quality; Marriage; Neuroticism; Spouse ratings

Indexed keywords

ACTOR AND PARTNER EFFECT; ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; SPOUSE RATING; VALIDITY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84874450066     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026637     Document Type: Article

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