An attempt was made to replicate Howard and Dawes' (1976) find ing that marital happiness is linearly related to the difference between frequency of sexual intercourse and frequency of arguments. Their finding was confirmed. However, in contrast to the Howard and Dawes results, the present results further suggest that either frequency variable can by it self serve as a predictor of marital happiness.
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