How Do People Maintain Consensual Non-Monogamy? An International Development and Validation of the Multiple Relationships Maintenance Scale

Justin K. Mogilski, Geoffrey F. Miller, Peter K. Jonason, Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Rhonda Balzarini, David L. Rodrigues, Elisabeth Sheff, Laith Al-Shawaf, Zsófia Csajbók, Andrew G. Thomas, Tamas David-Barrett, Cezar Giosan, Daniel J. Kruger, David J. Ley, Justin J. Lehmiller, Heath A. Schechinger, Amy C. Moors, Stefano Ciaffoni, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Stephen Whyte, Zuzana Štěrbová, Klára Bártová, Ryan G. Witherspoon, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Pavol Prokop, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, David P. Schmitt, Adil S. Sarıbay, Magdalena Lipnicka, Ivana Goláňová, Ezra Hampikian, William Costello, Limor Gottlieb, Cory J. Cascalheira, Michelle A. Larva

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DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03334-9
Published: 2026-02
Container: Archives of Sexual Behavior
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s10508-025-03334-9,
  title = {How Do People Maintain Consensual Non-Monogamy? An International Development and Validation of the Multiple Relationships Maintenance Scale},
  author = {Justin K. Mogilski and Geoffrey F. Miller and Peter K. Jonason and Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer and Jaroslava Varella Valentova and Rhonda Balzarini and David L. Rodrigues and Elisabeth Sheff and Laith Al-Shawaf and Zsófia Csajbók and Andrew G. Thomas and Tamas David-Barrett and Cezar Giosan and Daniel J. Kruger and David J. Ley and Justin J. Lehmiller and Heath A. Schechinger and Amy C. Moors and Stefano Ciaffoni and Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair and Stephen Whyte and Zuzana Štěrbová and Klára Bártová and Ryan G. Witherspoon and Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska and Pavol Prokop and Virgil Zeigler-Hill and David P. Schmitt and Adil S. Sarıbay and Magdalena Lipnicka and Ivana Goláňová and Ezra Hampikian and William Costello and Limor Gottlieb and Cory J. Cascalheira and Michelle A. Larva},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  doi = {10.1007/s10508-025-03334-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03334-9}
}

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AU  - Jaroslava Varella Valentova
AU  - Rhonda Balzarini
AU  - David L. Rodrigues
AU  - Elisabeth Sheff
AU  - Laith Al-Shawaf
AU  - Zsófia Csajbók
AU  - Andrew G. Thomas
AU  - Tamas David-Barrett
AU  - Cezar Giosan
AU  - Daniel J. Kruger
AU  - David J. Ley
AU  - Justin J. Lehmiller
AU  - Heath A. Schechinger
AU  - Amy C. Moors
AU  - Stefano Ciaffoni
AU  - Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
AU  - Stephen Whyte
AU  - Zuzana Štěrbová
AU  - Klára Bártová
AU  - Ryan G. Witherspoon
AU  - Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
AU  - Pavol Prokop
AU  - Virgil Zeigler-Hill
AU  - David P. Schmitt
AU  - Adil S. Sarıbay
AU  - Magdalena Lipnicka
AU  - Ivana Goláňová
AU  - Ezra Hampikian
AU  - William Costello
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Mogilski, J. K., Miller, G. F., Jonason, P. K., Grunt-Mejer, K., Valentova, J. V., Balzarini, R., Rodrigues, D. L., Sheff, E., Al-Shawaf, L., Csajbók, Z., Thomas, A. G., David-Barrett, T., Giosan, C., Kruger, D. J., Ley, D. J., Lehmiller, J. J., Schechinger, H. A., Moors, A. C., Ciaffoni, S., Kennair, L. E. O., Whyte, S., Štěrbová, Z., Bártová, K., Witherspoon, R. G., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Prokop, P., Zeigler-Hill, V., Schmitt, D. P., Sarıbay, A. S., Lipnicka, M., Goláňová, I., Hampikian, E., Costello, W., Gottlieb, L., Cascalheira, C. J., & Larva, M. A. (2026). How Do People Maintain Consensual Non-Monogamy? An International Development and Validation of the Multiple Relationships Maintenance Scale. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03334-9

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