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A Critical Examination of Popular Assumptions About the Benefits and Outcomes of Monogamous Relationships

In plain language, the main point is this: concludes comparative-benefit evidence was insufficient at publication.

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This pushes us to evaluate agreements, honesty, care, and power rather than ranking relationship structures. Neither monogamy nor non-monogamy guarantees a good relationship. The key boundary is that it cannot establish diagnosis, individual prediction, universal claims, or advice beyond its stated scope..

Why it matters: This source demonstrates that relationship structure alone does not decide care, communication, or satisfaction. It helps readers judge relationships by consent and behavior instead of treating monogamy as the automatic standard.

Purpose and scope

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Review; no single sample.

Findings or central themes

Concludes comparative-benefit evidence was insufficient at publication.

Strengths

Directly relevant to the library topic and retained with a stable source citation and explicit evidence label.

Limitations

Narrative review; evidence base predates newer work.

Do not use this source to claim: Do not use this source for diagnosis, individual prediction, universal claims, or advice beyond its stated scope.

Citation and access
Terri D. Conley, Ali Ziegler, Amy C. Moors, Jes L. Matsick, Brandon Valentine (2013). A Critical Examination of Popular Assumptions About the Benefits and Outcomes of Monogamous Relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review DOI: 10.1177/1088868312467087
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