The "ideal partner" according to research & why it might not matter

Intro music: Church of 8 Wheels by Otis McDonald Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:28 What is “the ideal partner” according to the research? 16:13 Do people actually end up with their ideal partner? 27:16 My clinical perspective 31:40 Real-life applications References: Liu, Ludeke, S., Haubrich, J., Gondan‐Rochon, M., Zettler, I., & Wrzus, C. (2018). Similar to and/or Better than Oneself? Singles’ Ideal Partner Personality Descriptions. European Journal of Personality, 32(4), 443–458. Liu, & Ilmarinen, . (2020). Core self-evaluation moderates distinctive similarity preference in ideal partner’s personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 84, 103899–. Eastwick, P., Luchies, L. B., Finkel, E. J., & Hunt, L. L. (2014). The Predictive Validity of Ideal Partner Preferences: A Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140(3), 623–665.