The purpose of the study reported here was to compare intimacy in first-married and remarried couples. Data gathered from 33 first-married and 33 remarried couples with the Waring Intimacy Questionnaire revealed no significant differences between first-marrieds and remarrieds on total intimacy scores and seven subscale scores. Only one type of intimacy—conflict resolution—was significantly lower among the remarrieds. A comparison of the intimacy scores of couples married one year with those married five years (all couples—both first-marrieds and remarrieds) revealed significant differences in total intimacy, affection, cohesion, compatibility, and expressiveness. However, among remarrieds only, no significant differences between those married one and five years were found.
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