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Differences in Personality Type and Roommate Compatibility as Predictors of Roommate Conflict.
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Fuller, Bret E.; Hall, F. Jay – Journal of College Student Development, 1996
Analysis of first-year roommate pairs found that versions of the Roommate Compatibility Questionnaire better predicted roommate conflict than did the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Discrepancies between perception of a roommate and descriptions of an ideal roommate predicted the most variance on a measure of roommate conflict. Discusses…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cohabitation, College Students, Conflict