Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects
Dyrenforth, Kashy, Donnellan and Lucas analysed three nationally representative samples of married couples from Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany. A person's own personality accounted for the largest share of relationship and life satisfaction, the partner's personality a smaller share (strongest for agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability), and couple similarity a very small share once actor and partner effects were counted.
Dyrenforth, Kashy, Donnellan and Lucas analysed three nationally representative samples of married couples from Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany. A person's own personality accounted for the largest share of relationship and life satisfaction, the partner's personality a smaller share (strongest for agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability), and couple similarity a very small share once actor and partner effects were counted.
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Dyrenforth, P. S., Kashy, D. A., Donnellan, M. B., & Lucas, R. E. (2010). Predicting relationship and life satisfaction from personality in nationally representative samples from three countries: The relative importance of actor, partner, and similarity effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(4), 690-702. doi:10.1037/a0020385 https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020385