Your parents have been married for twenty years and there are school-aged children in the home. In terms of marital satisfaction, it is most likely that your parents ____

a. ?are at the peak of their marital satisfaction
b. have higher levels of marital satisfaction than 10 years ago, but not as high as the future holds?
c. are at an all-time low in marital satisfaction?
d. have lower levels of marital satisfaction than the future holds, but not as low as right after the first year or two of marriage?


ANSWER:
c

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