This study examines the impact of differentiation on marital satisfac-tion in healthy like, healthy unlike, unhealthy like, and unhealthy unlike couples. The marital satisfaction scores of the 4 groups were comparedto determine if a significant difference existed among the groups. Re-sults suggested that individuals seek mates with comparable levels of differentiation. Highly differentiated individuals experience greater marital satisfaction whereas undifferentiated persons experience higher levels of marital distress, and the impact of differentiation on maritalsatisfaction is strongerfor women than men.
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