Forsøget viser, at personlighedstræk har en væsentlig indflydelse på ægteskabelig stabilitet og tilfredshed. I en undersøgelse af 300 hvide par, der blev fulgt fra deres forlovelser i 1930’erne til 1980, blev det konstateret, at især neuroticisme hos både mænd og kvinder samt mænds impulskontrol var stærke indikatorer for, om parret forblev gift eller blev skilt
Titel på undersøgelse:
Personality and compatibility: a prospective analysis of marital stability and marital satisfaction.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
The antecedents of marital stability (divorce or remaining married) and marital satisfaction (within the group that remains married) were investigated with a panel of 300 White couples who were followed from their engagements in the 1930’s until 1980. 22 of the couples broke their engagements; of the 278 couples who married, 50 got divorced between 1935 and 1980. Personality characteristics (measured by acquaintance ratings made in the 1930’s) were important predictors of both marital stability and marital satisfaction. The 3 aspects of personality most strongly related to marital outcome were the neuroticism of the husband, the neuroticism of the wife, and the impulse control of the husband. The remaining variance was accounted for by attitudinal, social-environment, and sexual history variables.