Personality similarity and life satisfaction in couples

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-375

  Furler, Katrin ^a   Gomez, Veronica ^a   Grob, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actor effects; Couples; Differentiated approach; Life satisfaction; Partner effects; Personality similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876850737     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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