Love at first sight or friends first? Ties among partner personality trait similarity, relationship onset, relationship quality, and love

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‘All you need is brand love’: a critical review and comprehensive conceptual framework for brand love (2019, background): “When we fall madly in love, we tend to throw ourselves into the relationship all the way, experience greater passion and intensity, and identify with the other person to a large extent (Barelds & Barelds-Dijkstra, 2007).”
Experiences of falling in love: Investigating culture, ethnicity, gender, and speed (2010, background): “Barelds and Barelds-Dijkstra (2007) reported that partners who fell in love gradually were more similar to one another in terms of extraversion, emotional stability, and autonomy personality traits than were partners who fell in love more rapidly or at first sight.”
Strategic misrepresentation in online dating: The effects of gender, self-monitoring, and personality traits (2010, background): “Specifically, personality traits affect relationship initiation (Barelds & Barelds-Dijkstra, 2007) and warrant greater attention in the study of courtship (Schmitt, 2004).”