Suzanne Bartle-Haring

1. Introduction In the fields of personal relationships, couple and family therapy, and family science, among others, terms like relationship satisfaction, dyadic adjustment, and relationship quality are used interchangeably. There are also a myriad of assessment instruments that use these terms but may be measuring essentially the same thing (i.e., Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Relationship Quality Inventory, Couple Satisfaction Inventory).

INTRODUCTION There continues to be debate in the field of Family Science and Couple and Family Therapy about what constitutes a healthy relationship (Delatorre & Wagner, 2020; Fincham & Beach, 2006). Several theories suggest that relationship health involves both a sense of connection as well as a sense of autonomy or separateness (i.e., Anderson, 2020; Deci & Ryan, 1980; Kerr & Bowen, 1988; Schnarch, 1997). Weinstein et al.