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: This paper investigates the Narrative Identity Approach (NIA) and how the stories couples tell about their own history predict relationship quality. Couples who framed their shared history with positive affective tones and lower levels of "contamination" (episodes where good moments turn bad) reported higher relationship satisfaction.