Why do personality traits predict divorce? Multiple pathways through satisfaction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 978-996

  Solomon, Brittany C ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Personality traits; Relationship dissolution; Relationship satisfaction; Romantic couples

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900844525     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036190     Document Type: Article

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