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The Role of Personality and Intelligence in Assortative Mating

Publicated to:Spanish Journal Of Psychology. 15 (2): 680-687 - 2012-07-01 15(2), DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2012.v15.n2.38879

Authors: Escorial, Sergio; Martin-Buro, Carmen

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Ctr Ensenanza Super Cardenal Cisneros, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense, Dept Metodol Ciencias Comportamiento, Fac Psicol, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author

Abstract

Assortative mating is the individuals' tendency to mate with those who are similar to them in some variables, at a higher rate than would be expected from random. This study aims to provide empirical evidence of assortative mating through the Big Five model of personality and two measures of intelligence using Spanish samples. The sample consisted of 244 Spanish couples. It was divided into two groups according to relationship time. The effect of age, educational level and socioeconomic status was controlled. The results showed strong assortative mating for intelligence and moderate for personality. The strongest correlations for Personality were found in Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.

Keywords
AbilitiesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmericanAssortative matingAttitudesEducationEducational statusFemaleHumansIntelligenceIntelligence and personalityIqMaleMiddle agedNewlywedsPersonalityPhenotypic assortmentSexual behaviorSexual partnersSocial homogamySpouse similarityTwins

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Spanish Journal Of Psychology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Language and Linguistics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.81, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Apr 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-04-28, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 22
  • Europe PMC: 8
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-04-28:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 60.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 60 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 43.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 13 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Martín Buro García de Dionisio, María del Carmen).