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Marital Satisfaction and Marital Stability *
Author(s) -
Lenthall Gerard
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1977.tb00481.x
Subject(s) - marital therapy , psychology , schema (genetic algorithms) , clinical psychology , social psychology , computer science , machine learning
This exploration of the relationship between marital satisfaction and marital stability utilizes the social‐psychological schema of Thibaut and Kelley (1959). Marital satisfaction is viewed as a function of the comparison between one's marital expectations and one's marital outcome. Marital stability is viewed as a function of the comparison between one's best available marital alternative and one's marital outcome. Hence, marital satisfaction and marital stability can differ. Implications of this view for both researcher and clinician are discussed.