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Intimacy as a multidimensional concept is discussed with particular attention paid to love and sexuality. A theoretical model encompassing many of the components of intimacy is presented and tested in a preliminary way with a random sample of 106 married women ranging in age from 50 to 82. Women's life satisfaction and psychological well-being were both strongly related to their satisfaction with their intimate relationship. Passionate and companionate love as well as sexual satisfaction were related to a woman's contentment with her intimate relationship.
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