People look for the same personality types again and again, in romantic relationships.

The University of Toronto conducted a research study in order to see whether we are drawn to the same type of person.

People look for the same personality types again and again, in romantic relationships.
Personality types in relationships

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  • In the study, romantic partners were asked to complete a personality questionnaire based on the five factor of personality: Openess to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.
  • The fact that the study focused on the partners' self-assessment lends it more credibility than other studies in the field.

romance personality type

  • It was indeed found that people are drawn to the same personality types again and again. 

"It's common that when a relationship ends, people attribute the breakup to their ex-partner's personality and decide they need to date a different type of person. Our research suggests there's a strong tendency to nevertheless continue to date a similar personality." - Yoobin Park, lead author.

"The degree of consistency from one relationship to the next suggests that people may indeed have a 'type', and though our data do not make clear why people's partners exhibit similar personalities, it is noteworthy that we found partner similarity above and beyond similarity to oneself." - Geoff MacDonald co-author.

Study: University of Toronto, Canada