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Family strengths and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale: a factor analytic study
W R Schumm1, S R Bollman, A P Jurich
1School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-1403, USA. Schumm@Humec.ksu.edu
Psychological Reports
|October 13, 2001
Summary
Researchers developed new family strength measures and validated the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a survey of 266 married individuals. Findings support the scale's reliability and construct validity for measuring marital satisfaction.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Family Studies
Background:
- Assessing family strengths is crucial for understanding relationship dynamics.
- Existing measures may not fully capture the multifaceted nature of family strengths.
- Marital satisfaction is a key indicator of relationship quality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate new measures for six concepts of family strengths.
- To assess the reliability and construct validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale.
- To examine the psychometric properties of newly developed family strength items.
Main Methods:
- Developed 20 new items to assess six family strength concepts.
- Administered new items and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale to 266 married subjects.
- Utilized common factor analysis and reliability analyses (internal consistency).
Main Results:
- Common factor analysis supported the expected factor structure for most new items.
- Reliability analyses indicated acceptable internal consistency for most scales.
- Marital satisfaction items demonstrated unidimensionality, supporting the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale's construct validity.
Conclusions:
- The newly developed items show promise for measuring family strengths.
- The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale is a reliable and valid measure of marital satisfaction.
- This study contributes to the psychometric evaluation of instruments in family and marital research.
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