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99+ Matches But A Spark Ain’t One: Adverse Psychological Effects of Excessive Swiping on Young Dating App Users. TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2023.101949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Tavares IM, Barros T, Rosen NO, Heiman JR, Nobre PJ. Is Expectant Couples' Similarity in Attitudes to Sex during Pregnancy Linked to Their Sexual Well-being? A Dyadic Study with Response Surface Analysis. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH 2022; 59:160-172. [PMID: 34197722 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1946672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Despite sexual activity being safe for the majority of expectant couples (i.e., the pregnant individual and their partner), negative attitudes toward having sex during pregnancy are common and are related to lower sexual well-being across this vulnerable life period. Using dyadic response surface analysis in a sample of 254 first-time expectant couples, we examined the degree to which expectant partners demonstrated similar versus dissimilar attitudes to sex during pregnancy and whether specific patterns of couples' similarity in attitudes may uniquely contribute to their sexual satisfaction and sexual distress. Couples' more positive attitudes (i.e., the more both partners perceived sexual activity as non-threatening to their pregnancy), rather than partners' similarity in attitudes, were associated with lower sexual distress for both partners and higher sexual satisfaction for male partners. In couples where partners held more dissimilar attitudes, men demonstrated greater distress when their female partner's attitudes were more positive than their own. To promote sexual well-being during pregnancy, interventions should assist couples to attain stronger positive attitudes to sex during pregnancy by targeting concerns about sex in both expectant partners.
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- Department of Women and Reproductive Medicine, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte
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- Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
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Mourelatos E. How personality affects reaction. A mental health behavioral insight review during the Pandemic. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 42:8644-8665. [PMID: 34744405 PMCID: PMC8563358 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02425-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The fear caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is changing our psychology and behavior. This ongoing negative event, imposing restrictions such as home isolation and social distancing, can result in heightened anxiety, depression and a sense of loneliness, with immediate effects on mental health. This study investigates adolescents’ reaction to the pandemic, by analyzing the behavioral mental health trends of depression, anxiety and sense of loneliness, in relation to personality traits. After controlling for demographics and family background, our results reveal strong relationships between several personality traits and psychological health indicators, during the pandemic in Greece. A total of 419 secondary school students (aged 12–18) were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC), the Child Depression Inventory (CDI), the Big Five Inventory for measuring personality (BFI) and the Children’s Loneliness Questionnaire (CLS) during two time periods within pandemic. Overall, it appears that depression increased significantly in line with the escalation of the pandemic, while anxiety decreased, with the strongest predictors being the personality variables of extraversion, neuroticism and openness. Surprisingly, the study also revealed that the level of extraversion has a positive effect on changes in anxiety, while a negative one on changes in depression. On the other hand, neuroticism and openness seem to negatively correlate with anxiety changes and positively with depression changes. These findings highlight the importance of considering these variables in addressing individuals’ mental health behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic and elucidate the literature by offering a deeper understanding of the strong relationship between personality, depression and anxiety.
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- Evangelos Mourelatos
- Department of Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Economics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Diotaiuti P, Valente G, Mancone S. Development and Preliminary Italian Validation of the Emergency Response and Psychological Adjustment Scale. Front Psychol 2021; 12:687514. [PMID: 34421737 PMCID: PMC8376143 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Evaluating the personal adaptation response to the emergency situations is very important for the prevention of mental distress, for the activation of network and community synergies and for the planning and implementation of appropriate psycho-social interventions. So far there are no short tools for the overall assessment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral responses of psychological adaptation to the emergency in the psychometric panorama. The Emergency Response and Psychological Adjustment Scale (ERPAS) was administered to a sample of 1,088 participants, while the concurrent validity was tested through a second administration to 600 participants along with the GSE (Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale) and the BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory-II). Confirmatory factor analysis bore out a five-factor solution (including 18 items) with good fit indices of adaptation to data, χ2/df = 1.440, RMSEA = 0.028, RMSEA 90% CI = 0.018–0.038, GFI = 0.996, AGFI = 0.959, CFI = 0.982, and NFI = 0.944. Evidence of convergent validity was provided by the significant correlations with variables such as cognitive and somatic depression, and perceived general self-efficacy. The analyses also showed a strong invariance across gender. The ERPAS tool prefigures application during the assessment in multiple emergency contexts (e.g. earthquakes, floods, pandemics, terrorist attacks, war events, major accidents, major fires). This validation study of the ERPAS has shown that this version is a reliable and valid measurement for assessing people's modes of personal response (cognitive, emotional, behavioral) in emergency contexts.
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- Pierluigi Diotaiuti
- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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van Tuijl C, Branje SJT, Semon Dubas J, Vermulst AA, Van Aken MAG. Parent–offspring similarity in personality and adolescents' problem behaviour. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/per.536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Similarity in personality between adolescents and their parents may have considerable implications for adolescent well‐being. We studied how the similarity in personality between 288 adolescents and their parents is linked to adolescent problem behaviour, and whether this link is mediated by warmth and control in the parent–child relationship and moderated by the personality type of the adolescent. Similarity in personality between adolescents and their parents was negatively related to internalizing and externalizing problem behaviour, both concurrently and over time. This relation was not mediated by the parent–child relationship. The effects were present for overcontrolled but not for resilient or undercontrolled adolescents. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Kim JJ, Muise A, Barranti M, Mark KP, Rosen NO, Harasymchuk C, Impett E. Are Couples More Satisfied When They Match in Sexual Desire? New Insights From Response Surface Analyses. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/1948550620926770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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While sexual frequency and satisfaction are strong contributors to the quality and longevity of romantic relationships and overall well-being, mismatches in sexual desire between partners are common and have been linked with poorer satisfaction. Previous findings linking mismatches in desire with poorer relationship and sexual outcomes have typically been derived using difference scores, an approach that does not account for partners’ overall levels of desire. In a sample of 366 couples, we investigated whether partners who match in desire are more satisfied than desire-discrepant couples. Results of dyadic response surface analyses provided no support for a unique matching effect. Higher desire rather than matching in desire between partners predicted relationship and sexual satisfaction. These findings shed new light on whether the correspondence between partners’ levels of sexual desire is associated with satisfaction and suggest the need to focus on sustaining desire and successfully navigating differences rather than promoting matching in desire.
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- James J. Kim
- University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- James J. Kim and Amy Muise contributed equally
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- York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- James J. Kim and Amy Muise contributed equally
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- University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Díaz-Morales JF, Parra-Robledo Z, Escribano C. Circadian preference and relationship satisfaction among three types of couples. Chronobiol Int 2019; 36:1351-1361. [PMID: 31368368 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2019.1642910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Mate selection is part of a growing interest in the study of processes by which couples are established, consolidated and/or separated. Similarity in psychological traits has been related to the well-being of couples, but given the possible effect of temporal convergence, it is necessary to control for the relationship length and whether or not both members of the couple live together. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between Morningness/Eveningness (M/E) similarity and relationship satisfaction in young-dating-non-cohabiting, young-married-cohabiting and old-married-cohabiting couples. Participants included 357 heterosexual couples (357 women and 357 men) with a mean age of 38.42 years old (SD = 13.11; age range between 19 and 69) who completed M/E (Composite Scale of Morningness) and relationship satisfaction measures (Comprehensive Marital Satisfaction Scale). Similarity in M/E was positively related to greater relationship satisfaction in both young cohabiting and non-cohabiting couples. In women, their own M/E was related to their own relationship satisfaction, whereas the level of relationship satisfaction in men was related to their partner's M/E. This relationship was observed in young-married-cohabiting couples. M/E similarity may operate differently as a function of the relationship stage.
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- Juan F Díaz-Morales
- Individual Differences, Work and Social Psychology Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- Individual Differences, Work and Social Psychology Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Cardenal Cisneros University College (CUCC), University of Alcalá , Madrid , Spain
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Chopik WJ, Lucas RE. Actor, partner, and similarity effects of personality on global and experienced well-being. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2019; 78:249-261. [PMID: 31123370 PMCID: PMC6527370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The current study examined actor, partner, and similarity effects of personality on a variety of well-being indices, including both global and experiential measures of well-being in 2,578 heterosexual couples (N = 5,156 individuals; M age = 51.04, SD = 13.68) who completed the 2016 Wellbeing and Daily Life supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Among actor effects, those for conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism were the most robust predictors of well-being. Among partner effects, conscientiousness and neuroticism were the most robust predictors of well-being. Consistent with past research, similarity effects on well-being were generally small and not always significant. The results are discussed in the context of experiential conceptualizations of well-being and operationalizing similarity in relationship research.
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Štěrbová Z, Tureček P, Kleisner K. Consistency of mate choice in eye and hair colour: Testing possible mechanisms. EVOL HUM BEHAV 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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He Q, Wang Y, Xing Y, Yu Y. Dark personality, interpersonal rejection, and marital stability of Chinese couples: An actor–partner interdependence mediation model. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Morry MM, Sucharyna TA. Relationship social comparisons in dating and marital relationships: Adding relationship social comparison interpretations. The Journal of Social Psychology 2018; 159:398-416. [DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2018.1498826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Cheon HS, Yrani T. Multiplicity Within and Between: Addressing Multiple Roles Through Role Profiles in Couples. JOURNAL OF CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15401383.2017.1343165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Hee-Sun Cheon
- Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Rodrigues D, Lopes D, Alexopoulos T, Goldenberg L. A new look at online attraction: Unilateral initial attraction and the pivotal role of perceived similarity. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Assortative mating in personality among heterosexual and male homosexual couples from Brazil and the Czech Republic. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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What is students' ideal university instructor personality? An investigation of absolute and relative personality preferences. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ináncsi T, Láng A, Bereczkei T. A Darker Shade of Love: Machiavellianism and Positive Assortative Mating Based on Romantic Ideals. EUROPE'S JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 12:137-52. [PMID: 27247697 PMCID: PMC4873071 DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Machiavellianism is a personality trait that is characterized by manipulative and exploitative attitude toward others, lack of empathy, and a cynical view of human nature. In itself or as part of the Dark Triad it has been the target of several studies investigating romantic relations. Nevertheless, the relationship between Machiavellianism and romantic ideals has not been revealed yet. An undergraduate sample of 143 (92 females) with an average age of 19.83 years (SD = 1.51 years) filled out self-report measures of Machiavellianism (Mach-IV Scale) and romantic ideals (Ideal Standards Scale and NEO-FFI-IDEAL). According to our results, Machiavellianism correlated negatively with the importance of partner’s warmth-trustworthiness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and with the importance of intimacy and loyalty in their ideal relationships. Machiavellianism correlated positively with the ideal partner’s possession over status and resources. Explorative factor analysis revealed three components of ideal partner’s characteristics. Machiavellianism loaded significantly on two out of three components. Results are discussed with regard to Ideal Standards Model and the Big Five model of personality.
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- Tamás Ináncsi
- Department of General and Evolutionary Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Personality, Development and Clinical Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of General and Evolutionary Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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Moore SM, Uchino BN, Baucom BRW, Behrends AA, Sanbonmatsu D. Attitude similarity and familiarity and their links to mental health: An examination of potential interpersonal mediators. The Journal of Social Psychology 2016; 157:77-85. [PMID: 27065059 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2016.1176551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Similarity and familiarity with partner's attitudes are linked to positive relationship outcomes, while interpersonal variables have been linked to mental health. Using multilevel models (MLMs), we modeled the associations between these attitudinal variables and mental health outcomes in 74 married couples. We found that higher levels of attitude similarity in couples were linked to lower depression, while higher levels of attitude familiarity in couples were associated with greater satisfaction with life. Mediational analyses indicated marital satisfaction and interpersonal stress mediated the link between attitude similarity and depression. Marital satisfaction also mediated the link between familiarity and satisfaction with life. This study is the first linking attitude familiarity to mental health and provides evidence that familiarity and similarity have mental health effects partly due to their interpersonal consequences.
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Bon OL, Hansenne M, Amaru D, Albert A, Ansseau M, Dupont S. Assortative Mating and Personality in Human Couples: A Study Using Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/psych.2013.41002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Weber M, Ruch W. The role of character strengths in adolescent romantic relationships: An initial study on partner selection and mates' life satisfaction. J Adolesc 2012; 35:1537-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gordon CL, Arnette RA, Smith RE. Have you thanked your spouse today?: Felt and expressed gratitude among married couples. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gyuris P, Járai R, Bereczkei T. The effect of childhood experiences on mate choice in personality traits: Homogamy and sexual imprinting. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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El-Alayli A, Lystad AL, Webb SR, Hollingsworth SL, Ciolli JL. Reigning Cats and Dogs: A Pet-Enhancement Bias and Its Link to Pet Attachment, Pet-Self Similarity, Self-Enhancement, and Well-Being. BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2802_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ali F, Chamorro-Premuzic T. The dark side of love and life satisfaction: Associations with intimate relationships, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kulik L. Personality profiles, life satisfaction and gender-role ideology among couples in late adulthood: The Israeli case. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bouchard G, Arseneault JE. Length of union as a moderator of the relationship between personality and dyadic adjustment. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wilson GD, Cousins JM. Measurement of partner compatibility: further validation and refinement of the CQ test. SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPY 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/14681990500161723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lucas TW, Wendorf CA, Imamoglu EO, Shen J, Parkhill MR, Weisfeld CC, Weisfeld GE. Marital satisfaction in four cultures as a function of homogamy, male dominance and female attractiveness. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1080/14616660412331327518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Korean women have many experiences of the negative impacts caused by changes in biological, psychological and socioeconomic environments. Therefore, they often have unique health problems that require specific attention. In particular, depression is a health problem that severely impacts on quality of life for women. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between depression and quality of life for Korean women. The subjects of the study were 474 women (20-60 years) living in Seoul and were chosen by convenient sampling from 12 March to 18 April 2000. The data were collected by a structured questionnaire that included general characteristics, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the SmithKline Beecham 'Quality of Life' Scale. The data were analyzed by the SAS 6.12 program, which included descriptive statistics: t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The mean score of depression was 18.5 (range: 4-52), and the mean score of the quality of life was 153.7 (range: 65-230). In the general characteristics, there was a statistically significant difference in the degree of depression according to education (F=5.62, P=0.0009), marital status (F=9.20, P=0.0001), family structure (F=3.97, P=0.0036), level of income (F=10.79, P=0.0001), type of job (F=2.99, P=0.0191), stressors in the job (F=2.56, P=0.0198) and sexual activity (F= -2.56, P=0.0109). As for the general characteristics, there was a statistically significant difference in the degree of the total score for quality of life according to education (F=5.24, P=0.0015), level of income (F=11.15, P=0.0001), employment status (F=2.23, P=0.0268), job satisfaction (F=4.42, P=0.0155) and stressors in the job (F=2.62, P=0.0174). Significantly, there was a negative relationship between depression and quality of life (gamma= -0.5984, P=0.0001). The most significant negative relationship among the five factors of quality of life was between depression and the psychological well-being factor (gamma= -0.5708, P=0.0001). In conclusion, the results of this study will contribute to the development of a nursing intervention program for decreasing depression, preventing depression and promoting quality of life for Korean women.
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- M Y Jho
- Department of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
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