Marriage and Personality

A Genetic Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6204445
AutoresWendy Johnson (0000-0002-7309-1447, University of Minnesota), Matt Mcgue (0000-0002-5580-1433), Robert F Krueger (0000-0001-9127-5509), Thomas J Bouchard (0000-0002-5557-4605)
Ano2004
Volume86
Fascículo2
Páginas285-294
Data de publicação2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.86.2.285
PMID14769084
OpenAlexW2170371191
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas40

There is substantial evidence that married people fare better than their unmarried peers on many life outcome variables. The authors asked whether self-selection might partially explain these benefits through genetic influences on personality contributing to propensity to marry. Using a population-based sample of 4,225 women and 2,869 men that included 2,527 complete twin pairs, the authors investigated the phenotypic associations between personality and propensity to marry, the heritability of propensity to marry, and the extent of genetic influence on the link between personality and propensity to marry. The results suggest that propensity to marry is heritable and that the phenotypic link between personality and propensity to marry is genetically influenced

Big Five personality traits · Biology · Developmental psychology · Heritability · Personality · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Genetics · Psychology · Social Psychology