Assessing disharmony and disaffection in intimate relationships: Revision of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory factor scales. Academic Article

abstract

• Previous research has identified 2 broad components of distress in intimate relationships: overt conflict, or disharmony, and emotional distance, or disaffection. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the authors derived 2 broadband scales of disharmony and disaffection from the Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Revised (D. K. Snyder, 1997), building upon previous measures of these constructs (D. K. Snyder & Regts, 1982) derived from the original instrument. The new scales demonstrated high internal consistency and test-retest reliability, as well as discriminative validity and convergent validity with independent criteria of relationship functioning. Distinct distributions of these scales in community and clinical samples suggested their complementary role in research on intimate relationships and assessment of couples in treatment.

authors

• Snyder, Douglas

published proceedings

• Psychol Assess

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Herrington, R. L., Mitchell, A. E., Castellani, A. M., Joseph, J. I., Snyder, D. K., & Gleaves, D. H.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Herrington, Rachael L||Mitchell, Alexandra E||Castellani, Angela M||Joseph, Jana I||Snyder, Douglas K||Gleaves, David H

publication date

• December 2008

publisher

• American Psychological Association (APA)  Publisher

published in

• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Affect
• Female
• Humans
• Interpersonal Relations
• Male
• Marriage
• Personal Satisfaction
• Reproducibility Of Results
• Sexual Partners
• Surveys And Questionnaires

PubMed Central ID

• 19086757

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1037/a0013759

start page

• 341

end page

• 350

volume

• 20

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0013759