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amandagov t1_jcgq34g wrote

If you had to select a partner from a group of 100 candidates to spend the rest of your life with, isolated on an island, and the only thing you could know about them was a personality test result, which test would you use and what would you be looking for in the results?

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truity_psych OP t1_jcgs7zh wrote

OMG, what a nightmare scenario! Well done, ha!

Putting aside my horror, I guess I'd pick the Big Five. I'd be looking for high-ish Openness, since there's some indication that partners who share a level of Openness are more compatible. I'd want higher Agreeableness, but not overly high, since I don't want everything to be a debate but also don't want nothing to be a debate. And finally, lower Neuroticism, because that's the trait most associated with relationship longevity and happiness.

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