Five Personality Types Based on Five: A Latent Class Analysis

In a sample of 4,522 individuals (2,261 couples; both husbands and wives), five personality types emerged through the use of latent class analysis with data collected on the SCOPE personality inventory (a Big Five assessment used by PREPARE-ENRICH couples assessment). The five personality types identified were: Well-Rounded, Stable, Flexible, Unstable Organized, Unstable Distant. Comparative analysis was done comparing males versus females across the five types, clinical couples versus non-clinical couples, and the husbands versus wives as a couple for both non-clinical and clinical couples. The results revealed that males and females tended to have different types of personalities, however there was no significant difference in personality types when comparing non-clinical and clinical couples. About a fifth of the couples married someone with a similar personality type, and no significant difference existed between the non-clinical couples and clinical couples in terms of the spouse personality similarity.