The relationship between personality traits and gender differences in compromise in mate selection

Aim and

With attention to increasing age of marriage and young people not wanting to get married, the importance of the study of related variables to facilitate of marriage is be appear. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was investigated the relationship between personality traits and gender differences in compromise in mate selection.Methods and Materials: The design of present study was correlation. Participants were 375 (168 mal and 207 female) students that selected through available sampling from Shahid Beheshti university in education year of 90- 91, and were assessed by employing NEO Personality Test and Buss’ questionnaire of inquiry of criteria for mate selection. Data analysis was conducted by using Pearson correlation and Hierarchical multiple regression analysis.

Result showed that there was a significant relationship between gender and some of personality traits including of openness to experience and conscientious with compromise in mate selection and these variables had significant role in predicting of compromise in mate selection.

Result showed that although the personality traits play important role in predicting of compromise in mate selection, to increasing the power of predicting, it is necessary to find other variables in future studies.