TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - How large are actor and partner effects of personality on relationship satisfaction? The importance of controlling for shared method variance
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Orth, Ulrich
SP  - 1359
EP  - 1372
VL  - 39
IS  - 10
N2  - Previous research suggests that the personality of a relationship partner predicts not only the individual's own satisfaction with the relationship but also the partner's satisfaction. Based on the actor-partner interdependence model, the present research tested whether actor and partner effects of personality are biased when the same method (e.g., self-report) is used for the assessment of personality and relationship satisfaction and, consequently, shared method variance is not controlled for. Data came from 186 couples, of whom both partners provided self- and partner reports on the Big Five personality traits. Depending on the research design, actor effects were larger than partner effects (when using only self-reports), smaller than partner effects (when using only partner reports), or of about the same size as partner effects (when using self- and partner reports). The findings attest to the importance of controlling for shared method variance in dyadic data analysis.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167213492429
ID  - ref1
ER  -