Carolyn Cutrona and colleagues (2003) studied the effect of neighborhoods on African American couples' marriages. What best describes their findings?
A) The affluence of neighborhoods had less effect on marital satisfaction than acute stressors.
B) Couples in affluent and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had similar levels of marital satisfaction.
C) Couples in affluent neighborhoods had lower marital satisfaction than couples in the economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, because social networks in the disadvantaged neighborhoods had a higher density.
D) The chronic nature of living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had chronic negative effects on marital satisfaction.

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Cutrona and colleagues found that the chronic nature of living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had chronic negative effects on marital satisfaction. In other words, the longer couples lived in disadvantaged neighborhoods, the more their marriage suffered. The affluence of neighborhoods did not have as significant an effect on marital satisfaction as the chronic stressors of living in a disadvantaged neighborhood.

Carolyn Cutrona and Colleagues (2003) Studied the Effect of Neighborhoods