Personality and marital adjustment: utility of the five-factor model of personality

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Self-reported personality traits seem to be important predictors of self-reported marital adjustment for both men and women. However, research using the five-factor model of personality has identified clear differences between genders. It appears that, in order to understand a person's marital adjustment, the personality of both spouses must be taken into account. Men high in neuroticism are not as well adjusted in their marriages, with better adjustment being seen in men who are high in openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness.

Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations

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Status and income as gendered resources: the case of marital power

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Decision-making patterns among couples in which wives earn more than their husbands, work in higher status occupations, or both, do not appear to be connected with income and status variables. Wives with higher incomes and occupational status do not automatically assume that they will have greater power over household decisions. Most status-reversal couples find that income and status differences between spouses create difficulties. They use a number of strategies to disguise or ignore differences.

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