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Assortative mating and personality in human couples : A study using Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory
LE BON, O; Hansenne, Michel; AMARU, D et al.
2013In Psychology, 4 (1), p. 11-18
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Keywords :
Personality; TCI; Couples; Genetic; Assortative Mating
Abstract :
[en] The trend toward assortative mating is the rule in Western societies for a large series of factors. The case for personality variables is however not clear, since weak and even negative relationships have been found in correlation analyses between spouses. The present study compared the profiles of members from 145 stable couples living together for more than 5 years, and representative of the Belgian population. Personality measurements were performed using Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), in order to: 1) determine whether the subject’s TCI predicts the partner’s profile; 2) determine whether modeling has an important influence between the partners; 3) describe the behavior of personali- ties with extreme traits; 4) measure whether personalities with extreme traits would favor complementar- ity over homogamy. In all dimensions but Harm Avoidance and its sub-dimensions, positive associations were found between the partners, indicating a trend toward assortative mating. These differences were significant for Novelty Seeking, Reward Dependence, Persistence and Cooperativeness. Trends were ob- served in Self-Directedness and Self-Transcendence. Subjects with extreme personality traits were not shown to favor complementarity over assortative mating. Homogamy was thus confirmed here for a series of personality traits, independently of the TCI Temperament or Character classification and on the sub- jects position in the distribution.
Disciplines :
Psychiatry
Author, co-author :
LE BON, O
Hansenne, Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psycho. de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
AMARU, D
Albert, Adelin  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Ansseau, Marc ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
DUPONT, S
Language :
English
Title :
Assortative mating and personality in human couples : A study using Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Psychology
ISSN :
2152-7180
eISSN :
2152-7199
Publisher :
Scientific Research, Irvine, United States - California
Volume :
4
Issue :
1
Pages :
11-18
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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