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Data from 31 college students and their long-term partners in intimate relationships indicated that similarity in sensation-seeking on Zuckerman's scale was positively and moderately correlated with scores on Traupman, Hatfield, and Wexler's measures of sexual satisfaction and contentment in relationship.

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Hendrick

(1983) Liking, loving, & relating. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Traupman

Hatfield

Wexler

(1983) Equity and sexual satisfaction in dating couples. British Journal of Social Psychology, 22, 33–40.

Zuckerman

(1974) The sensation-seeking motive. In Maher

B. A.

(Ed.), Progress in experimental personality research. Vol. 7. New York: Academic Press.

Zuckerman

(1979) Sensation seeking: beyond the optimal level of arousal. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Similarity in Sensation-Seeking,Sexual Satisfaction and Contentment in Relationship in Heterosexual Couples

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