IN SOCIAL science research it is frequently desirable to retest the findings of previous studies for a different sample than the one used in the previous research. Frequently greater confidence can be established for the findings, or a wider range of generality may result from such retesting. Recently an opportunity occurred for retesting Terman's hypothesis that personality characteristics are related to marital satisfaction.' Although this hypothesis is general, the results of the present study should be of interest because the sample used in the present investigation was quite different from the one employed by Terman or later by Burgess and Wallin.