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Marital Satisfaction, Decision-Making Power and Length of Marriage in American Couples: A Cultural Examination. Lindsay L. Yeager, Yobany Pardo, and Carol Weisfeld, University of Detroit Mercy, Department of Psychology, Detroit, MI 48221
Mexican and Caucasian couples' perceptions of marital satisfaction were investigated with regard to agreement on decision-making power, length of the marriage, and type of society. Marital satisfaction was assessed by the love scale, which is comprised of several items that are included within the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ) (Russell & Wells, 1993). The results demonstrated that couples with the shortest marriages (0-10.99 years) were the most satisfied with their marriages, followed by those couples married for the longest lengths of time (21.00-50.00 years) and those married for medium lengths of...
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