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assessment of marital satisfaction  

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  • During the last 60 years, marital satisfaction—or the related constructs of marital adjustment and marital quality—have been the target outcome variables for almost all marital research and couple therapies. These have been assessed via epidemio-logical research, treatment outcome research, and basic marital research and are the field's measures of whether couples are happy and whether our couple therapies are working. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Marital Satisfaction, Assessment Of]

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