What appears to be true about stress, stressor salience, and relationship satisfaction, according to the cross-sectional study by Tesser and Beach?
A) Salient stressors are detrimental to relationship satisfaction.
B) Satisfaction declines with increases in stress, but moderate levels of stress become more noticeable, and partners recognize that relationship problems are due to the stress.
C) When stress is severe, it is more salient, and partners tend to assume that relationship problems are due to the stress.
D) As relationships develop, stress becomes more salient, as in the case of parenthood.

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According to the cross-sectional study by Tesser and Beach, satisfaction declines with increases in stress, but moderate levels of stress become more noticeable, and partners recognize that relationship problems are due to the stress. Therefore, salient stressors are not necessarily detrimental to relationship satisfaction, and severe stress does not always lead to partners assuming that relationship problems are due to stress. There is no evidence in the study about stress becoming more salient as relationships develop, as in the case of parenthood.

What Appears to Be True About Stress, Stressor Salience, and Relationship