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JULES S. GOLDEN, MD; REUBEN J. SILVER, PhD; NATHAN MANDEL, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1963;9(6):614-618.

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Studies of mate selection and success in marriage have been concerned with the degree of similarity between husband and wife. Some investigators, eg, Hollingshead,¹ have presented essentially sociological data supporting a conception of homogamy, that "likes marry likes." Corsini² and others have considered similarity of personality traits as positively related to marital happiness. Contrariwise, Winch has postulated a theory of complementary needs,³ that spouses select mates on the basis of significantly differing psychological characteristics or needs. Tharp, in a review and critique of this field,⁴ however, seriously questions the validity of Winch's work.

The degree of emotional health and social adaptation of marital partners as factors in marriage and mate selection has generally been neglected. Nor has there been presented a comparative baseline of sociological and psychological adaptation for husbands and wives. In an earlier report Golden et al⁵ presented a summary . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ALBANY, NY

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Dr. Golden), and Associate Professor of Psychology (Dr. Silver), Albany Medical College; Department of Correction (Dr. Mandel), State of Minnesota.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 25, 1963.

Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, St. Louis, Mo, May 9, 1963.

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