Spouse similarity for IQ and personality and convergence

Behav Genet. 1989 Mar;19(2):223-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01065906.

Abstract

A similar pattern of spousal association for IQ scores and personality traits was found in two British samples from Oxford and Cambridge. There was no indirect evidence from either sample to suggest that convergence occurred during marriage. All observed assortative mating might well be due to initial assortment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Extraversion, Psychological
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intelligence*
  • Introversion, Psychological
  • Male
  • Marriage*
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Phenotype*
  • Social Environment