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| | Perceived equity and intimacy in marriage Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | This study extended the research on equity and marriage by examining the effects of perceived equity/inequity on the specific domain of marital intimacy. |
 | | Equity theory, a social psychological theory concerned with perceived fairness in interpersonal relationships, is relatively simple. |
 | | According to the theory, a person is most satisfied when the relationship is perceived as equitable, that is, when the ratio between the benefits/outcomes received from a relationship and the contributions/inputs made to the relationship is perceived as equal (Brehm, 1992; Hatfield, Traupmann, & Walster, 1979). |
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