Couple similarity on stimulus characteristics and marital satisfaction

Assortative mating and couple similarity: Patterns, mechanisms, and consequences

“…Moderate similarity in couples has been observed on a variety of habitual behaviors, hobbies, and lifestyle including alcohol, coffee, and tea consumption; smoking; circadian rhythm; and physical exercise with a typical range of .20s to .50s (e.g., Buss, 1984;George et al, 2015;Randler & Kretz, 2011). Diet similarity is lower than alcohol consumption (e.g., Epstein & Guttman, 1984).…”

“…Small, positive correlations ranging from .10s to .20s have been reported for couples' physical characteristics including height, weight, various measures of body shape, and finger length as well as biomarkers of physical well-being such as blood pressure, kidney function, and cholesterol level; importantly, these associations are independent of effects of age, education, and race (e.g., Di Castelnuovo, Quacquaruccio, Donati, De Gaetano, & Iacoviello, 2009;Peek & Markides, 2003;Voracek, Dressler, & Manning, 2007). Partner similarity on perceptions of physical attractiveness and healthiness are higher with a range of .30s-.40s (e.g., George et al, 2015).…”

“…In more than a century's research, age homogamy (i.e., marrying someone with similar characteristics) remains consistently high (e.g., Schwartz & Graf, ; Van de Putte et al, ). Spousal age correlation typically ranges from .70s to .90s (e.g., Feng & Baker, ; George et al, ; Watson et al, ). For race/ethnicity and religion, although endogamy (i.e., marrying an in‐group member) remains the norm in the United States (e.g., Schwartz & Graf, ), it has declined significantly over the 20th century (see Kalmijn, ; Schwartz, ).…”

Evaluation of the effectiveness of sexual skills training on increasing marital satisfaction

“…Therefore, having a proper sexual relationship, followed by a sense of relaxation and positive emotions to this relationship, would reduce the concerns of both parties to sexual relationships [51,52] and satisfaction with sexual is-sues and sexual intercourse. [9] It also provided the conditions for creating a sense of agreement between men and women. [53] In fact, training sexual skills creates a positive attitude towards the other party, which can increase satisfaction with life by reducing the anxiety [54] and creating a sense of relaxation.…”

“…[8] Marital satisfaction is in fact an attitude that couples perceive from several aspects of marital relationships positively. [9] Marital satisfaction is defined as adjustment between the current status and the expected status. [10] It provides a general evaluation of the current state of affairs.…”