It has now moved beyond astrology and star signs to find your perfect match. Academicians from Oxford University have developed a scientific formula that will be put to use by an Australian website eHarmony to find the most compatible match. This dating service uses the patented 'Compatibility Matching System' to find appropriate partners for its members based on their psychological profiles.The project involves the study of over more than 700 Australian married couples to develop a country-specific match-making formula. In order to have a first date sanctioned, prospective couples should be matched on "29 key dimensions" such as emotional temperament, social style, intelligence and spiritual beliefs.
Dr. Galen Buckwalter (eHarmony psychologist) said that the criteria guarantees that couples will have almost an 80 per cent probability of being among the happiest long-term relationships.
New members are amde to undergo a assessment that includes 256 questions to determine their personality type, beliefs and values. Then their psychological profiles are processed in a matching system to find potential matches for a successful long-term relationship.
"What we see constantly is that, in general, similarities are much more preferable for long-term relationship satisfaction. It's not like you are looking for your clone but it does seem that if your basic personality is fairly similar, you have a much better chance of understanding each other emotionally", said Dr. Buckwalter.
He pointed out emotional reactivity or how quickly a person responds with an emotion and socialising habits as crucial factors in finding a good match. However, he ruled out the belief that opposites attract, claiming that this may be true for first glances but not long-term relationships.
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