Table 3.

Success rates of the most commonly measured individual difference constructs across datasets

Construct	No. of predictors tested		Percent of actor versions successful		Percent of partner versions successful		Overall success rate, %
	Predicting satisfaction	Predicting commitment	Predicting satisfaction, %	Predicting commitment, %	Predicting satisfaction, %	Predicting commitment, %
Satisfaction with life	12	12	100	83	92	75	88
Depression	28	18	82	68	72	72	74
Negative affect	10	3	90	70	33	67	73
Anxious attachment	38	29	71	74	62	76	71
Avoidant attachment	34	25	71	65	80	68	70
Age	37	25	59	70	72	72	68
Anxiety	11	8	73	82	50	50	66
Self-esteem	16	15	56	50	67	60	58
Agreeableness	20	18	50	60	50	56	54
Positive affect	17	10	53	59	40	60	54
Psychological well-being	19	9	53	53	44	44	50
Religiosity	16	16	38	44	69	44	48
Stress	34	27	38	50	59	41	47
Conscientiousness	19	17	47	26	53	47	43
Income	26	21	46	50	43	29	43
Neuroticism	20	18	65	40	33	22	41
Openness	20	18	20	40	44	44	37
Relationship beliefs	19	19	37	32	53	26	37
Empathy	18	13	28	22	46	38	32
Sexism	21	21	38	24	29	38	32
Health	30	24	40	27	29	29	31
Extraversion	20	18	40	30	28	11	28
Alcohol use	17	14	18	24	43	29	27
Family history	12	12	17	25	42	17	25
Political orientation	10	10	20	20	30	30	25
Education	36	24	22	19	29	25	23
Employed	18	16	33	17	12	25	22
Aggression	13	13	15	38	0	31	21
Race/ethnicity	54	46	20	22	15	17	19
Gender	31	25	13	16	24	20	18
Own traits	35	35	9	20	23	17	17
Religious affiliation	15	14	20	20	14	7	16
Parents' relationship	13	13	8	15	31	0	13
Ideal standards	39	39	10	3	18	8	10

See legend to Table 1.