The interviews were audiotaped and trained coders then rated each interview on scales measuring the level of Enjoyment, Commitment, Security, Conflict Resolution, and Overall Quality (Collins et al., 1999). All scales were rated on 5-point Likert-type scales anchored low-to-high. Enjoyment assessed the degree to which the participant viewed his/her current romantic relationship as a source of happiness, pleasure, and good feelings. Commitment indexed the degree to which the participant wanted the relationship to be stable and long-term and invested resources in it. Security measured the degree to which the partner was viewed as available, responsive, and fully accepting of the participant in both good and bad times. Conflict resolution tapped the degree to which the couple's strategies for managing conflicts were effective and equitable to both partners. Overall Quality assessed the degree to which mutual caring, trust, emotional closeness, self-sacrifice, and sensitivity characterized the relationship as a whole. Interrater reliabilities (intraclass correlations) between the coders were high, ranging from .89 to .94 (M = .92). Intercorrelations (rs) among the scales ranged from .46 to .89 (M = .73). A principal
