title: Integrative self-knowledge and marital satisfaction.
abstract: Married Iranian couples (N = 210) responded to the Integrative Self-Knowledge Scale along with a measure of marital satisfaction, the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big Five, and an index of interpersonal problems. Integrative self-knowledge correlated positively with marital satisfaction, positively with all but the extraversion Big Five traits, and negatively with three indices of interpersonal problems. Integrative self-knowledge also mediated a number of personality relationships with marital satisfaction. Spouse-ratings of personality confirmed the adaptive implications of integrative self-knowledge for marriage. Linkages with questionnaire response styles supported the description of integrative self-knowledge as a measure of both self-insight and self-development. Results confirmed the potential of integrative self-knowledge for studying self-regulatory processes and suggested that the enhancement of self-knowledge may be a useful goal in efforts to strengthen marriages.
authors.affiliation: a University of Tehran.
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghorbani
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fayyaz
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D012649:Self Concept; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: big five; integrative self-knowledge; interpersonal problems; marital satisfaction; spouse-rated personality