Abstract
In this study, the actor-partner interdependence model was utilized to investigate the impact that personality has on marital
adjustment in a sample of 270 couples (N = 540) in marital distress that presented to an intensive outpatient marital therapy program. Sixteen Personality Factor
Fifth Edition (16PF Fifth Edition) scores revealed significant personality differences between husbands and wives, as well
as significant actor and partner effects, suggesting that certain personality traits of one partner predict his or her own,
as well as his or her spouse’s, marital adjustment. Gender effects also were evident among the sample, suggesting that a number
of personality correlates of marital adjustment tended to be different for the husbands and wives in this study.
adjustment in a sample of 270 couples (N = 540) in marital distress that presented to an intensive outpatient marital therapy program. Sixteen Personality Factor
Fifth Edition (16PF Fifth Edition) scores revealed significant personality differences between husbands and wives, as well
as significant actor and partner effects, suggesting that certain personality traits of one partner predict his or her own,
as well as his or her spouse’s, marital adjustment. Gender effects also were evident among the sample, suggesting that a number
of personality correlates of marital adjustment tended to be different for the husbands and wives in this study.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-24
- DOI 10.1007/s10591-011-9167-1
- Authors
- Joshua J. Knabb, California Baptist University, 10370 Hemet Street, Suite 200, Riverside, CA 92503, USA
- Ronald G. Vogt, Philhaven Hospital, Mount Gretna, PA, USA
- Journal Contemporary Family Therapy
- Online ISSN 1573-3335
- Print ISSN 0892-2764