(Online Dating Industry Journal) In this week's Office Hours with Dr. Jim column (at Online Dating Magazine), Dr. James Houran discusses chemistry versus compatibility in online dating matching systems. Here's a blurb from the column:
"My own research using advanced scaling techniques derived from modern test theory, as well as the literature with which I am aware, all points to a cognitive view of romantic compatibility, which stresses partners’ dynamic reinterpretation of their social, emotion and sexual realities. In past publications and academic conferences, I have defined it as 'a holistic pattern of shared beliefs and values, mutually beneficial similarities and differences across personality traits, demographic preferences, and a cognitive set that motivates and sustains both erotic and companionate love in each partner'..."
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