Previous research has documented that personality factors may play a role in how people cope with dementia.

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As a result, online daters are more likely to focus on less-relevant factors, such as appearance and personality type.

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People choose based on their values, their personality, knowledge, location and all sorts of other factors, that differ from one person to another.

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The study controlled for factors such as age, race, gender, job level and personality traits.

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