NO LARGE CONVERGENCE DURING MARRIAGE FOR HEALTH, LIFE-STYLE, AND PERSONALITY IN A LARGE SAMPLE OF NORWEGIAN SPOUSES

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TAMBS, K [1 ]
MOUM, T [1 ]
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[1] UNIV OSLO,DEPT BEHAV SCI MED,OSLO 3,NORWAY
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JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY | 1992年 / 54卷 / 04期
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10.2307/353175
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D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
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1204 ;
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The notion that resemblance between spouses increases with marital duration (convergence) due to common environment or reciprocal influence was tested. Data on body mass, blood pressure, heart rate, lifestyle, personality, quality of life, education, income, identity of spouse, and marital duration were available from several sources for most couples (15,92.5 to 23,033 pairs with complete data, attrition varying among data sources) residing in a Norwegian county. Correlations between spouses did not vary much with marital duration, implying a stronger effect of mate selection than convergence. There was a moderate convergence for some lifestyle variables and a moderate divergence for variables related to personality.
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