TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality trait similarity between spouses in four cultures
AU - McCrae, Robert R.
AU - Martin, Thomas A.
AU - Hrebícková, Martina
AU - Urbánek, Tomáš
AU - Boomsma, Dorret I.
AU - Willemsen, Gonneke
AU - Costa, Paul T.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - We examined patterns of trait similarity (assortative mating) in married couples in four cultures, using both self-reports and spouse ratings on versions of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. There was evidence of a subtle but pervasive perceived contrast bias in the spouse-rating data. However, there was strong agreement across methods of assessment and moderate agreement across cultures in the pattern of results. Most assortment effects were small, but correlations exceeding.40 were seen for a subset of traits, chiefly from the Openness and Agreeableness domains. Except in Russia, where more positive assortment was seen for younger couples, comparisons of younger and older cohorts showed little systematic difference. This suggested that mate selection, rather than convergence over time, accounted for similarity. Future research on personality similarity in dyads can utilize different designs but should assess personality at both domain and the facet levels.
AB - We examined patterns of trait similarity (assortative mating) in married couples in four cultures, using both self-reports and spouse ratings on versions of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. There was evidence of a subtle but pervasive perceived contrast bias in the spouse-rating data. However, there was strong agreement across methods of assessment and moderate agreement across cultures in the pattern of results. Most assortment effects were small, but correlations exceeding.40 were seen for a subset of traits, chiefly from the Openness and Agreeableness domains. Except in Russia, where more positive assortment was seen for younger couples, comparisons of younger and older cohorts showed little systematic difference. This suggested that mate selection, rather than convergence over time, accounted for similarity. Future research on personality similarity in dyads can utilize different designs but should assess personality at both domain and the facet levels.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00517.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00517.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18665894
AN - SCOPUS:51749120561
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 76
SP - 1137
EP - 1164
JO - Journal of personality
JF - Journal of personality
IS - 5
ER -