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The interplay between gender and personality in relationship outcomes: satisfaction across domains and partnership status
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3857-4398
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9359-4044
2025 (English)In: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN 0092-6566, E-ISSN 1095-7251, Vol. 119, article id 104674Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study tested whether gender moderated links between extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness and relationship outcomes: satisfaction in friendship, family, romantic domains, and partnership status. Data from 3780 adults in Australia, Denmark, and Sweden were analyzed. The clearest moderation involved partnership status: extraversion related more strongly to men’s partnering, whereas neuroticism and agreeableness showed negative associations for men and neutral to positive associations for women. For ongoing relationships, neuroticism was more strongly linked to lower satisfaction among men; extraversion related more positively to men’s family satisfaction and agreeableness related more positively to women’s. Links between traits and friendship satisfaction showed minimal gender differences. Partnership-status moderations remained after controlling for age and income, while family-domain moderations attenuated. Patterns were largely consistent across countries.

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Elsevier, 2025. Vol. 119, article id 104674
Keywords [en]
Gender differences, Personality traits, Relationship satisfaction, Friendship, Family relationships, Romantic relationships
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Psychology (Excluding Applied Psychology) Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
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Sociology; Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-244940DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104674ISI: 001600356400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105018961931OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-244940DiVA, id: diva2:2005120
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Swedish Research Council, 2012-1117Available from: 2025-10-09 Created: 2025-10-09 Last updated: 2025-12-15Bibliographically approved

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