“…Independent leisure time is thus the amount of time spent in individual pursuits, whereas couple, shared, or joint leisure time refers to participation in activities that allow for "mutual involvement and interaction during the event," (Ward et al, 2014, p. 595). One point that is often debated is if the amount of time couples spend together uniquely contributes to relationship satisfaction or if the couples' satisfaction with that time is more important (Johnson, Zabriskie, & Hill, 2006;Ward et al, 2014). Although the amount of time members of a couple spend together has been consistently linked with relationship satisfaction in older studies (Baldwin, Ellis, & Baldwin, 1999;Orthner, 1975), more recent research suggests that perhaps it is not the amount of time with the partner that matters but the satisfaction with the time spent together (Berg, Trost, Schneider, & Allison, 2001;Ward et al, 2014).…”