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Psychology and aging · Dec 2007
Birds of a feather don't always fly farthest: similarity in Big Five personality predicts more negative marital satisfaction trajectories in long-term marriages.
- Michelle N Shiota and Robert W Levenson.
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University - Main Capmpus, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. Lani.Shiota@asu.edu
- Psychol Aging. 2007 Dec 1; 22 (4): 666-75.
AbstractDecades of research suggest that similarity in demographics, values, activities, and attitudes predicts higher marital satisfaction. The present study examined the relationship between similarity in Big Five personality factors and initial levels and 12-year trajectories of marital satisfaction in long-term couples, who were in their 40s and 60s at the beginning of the study. Across the entire sample, greater overall personality similarity predicted more negative slopes in marital satisfaction trajectories. In addition, spousal similarity on Conscientiousness and Extraversion more strongly predicted negative marital satisfaction outcomes among the midlife sample than among the older sample. Results are discussed in terms of the different life tasks faced by young, midlife, and older adults, and the implications of these tasks for the "ingredients" of marital satisfaction.PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved.
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