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With the goal of promoting long‐term relationship satisfaction and stability, researchers of intimate processes have attempted to identify factors that predict positive relationship outcomes over time (Bradbury & Lavner, ), and sexual satisfaction has emerged as a strong and robust predictor. Couples who maintain satisfying sexual relations report happier marriages and are less likely to divorce, whereas the reverse is true for those experiencing low levels of sexual satisfaction (McNulty, Wenner, & Fisher, ; Sprecher & Cate, ; Yeh, Lorenz, Wickrama, Conger, & Elder, ). Notably, early marital functioning is important for the course of the relationship, as those who begin with higher levels of satisfaction and stronger romantic bonds tend to have more stable and satisfying marriages over time (Birditt, Hope, Brown, & Orbuch, ; Huston, Caughlin, Houts, Smith, & George, ; Kurdek, , ; Orbuch, Bauermeister, Brown, & Mckinley, ). Thus, the association between sexual intimacy and marital quality in the newlywed years may have implications for long‐term marital outcomes.The course of marital quality varies widely: Although the mean trajectory is an overall decline, not all couples experience such declines, and there are striking differences among couples in the way spouses experience changes in marital quality over
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