The Gay Male Couple’s Guide to Nonmonogamy

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37. That study does NOT support your claim.

>>To answer the research question, I used t tests to compare the 73 couples identifying themselves as monogamous to the 48 self-reported open dyads (see Table 2). There were no significant differences on demographic variables or length of relationship, dyadic adjustment, affectional expression, dyadic consensus, or dyadic cohesion.Monogamous couples scored significantly lower (p < .05) on dyadic satisfaction than their open counterparts. However, when broken monogamous agreement couples were removed from the monogamous group, there was no longer a significant difference between monogamous and nonmonogamous couples on dyadic satisfaction.<<

73 of 121, or almost 2/3, of couples identified their relationship as monogamous, not open.

The researcher then continues to identify couples that are in "broken monogamous agreement" relationships. That does NOT indicate that they are then "non-monogamous"; it means that one or both partners broke the agreement.