Dimensionality of the Kansas Family Strengths Scale and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale as Revised to Capture Changes in Marital Satisfaction

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1267-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia G. Akagi ◽  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
M. Betsy Bergen
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
High Internal Consistency

The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale was modified to reflect issues of relationship development and administered, along with 19 items from a previously reported Kansas Family Strengths Scale by Schumm, Bollman, Jurich, and Hatch, to 337 married couples from a midwestern urban community. High internal consistency was obtained for the revised version (α = .93), and the dimensionality of the Kansas Family Strengths Scale was approximately similar to that reported previously. In both this and the previous study, communication and conflict resolution items factored together while items for enjoying time together and actually spending time together factored separately. Likewise, in both studies, normative and affective commitment factored separately, and the internal consistency of the affective commitment subscale exceeded that for the normative commitment subscale. While the subscales for affective commitment, communication or conflict resolution, positive interaction, and time together yielded fair to adequate internal consistency in both studies, both studies indicated very low internal consistency for the normative commitment subscale, suggesting a need for improvement in that particular subscale.

scholarly journals Kepuasan Pernikahan Pasangan Beda Etnis ditentukan Resolusi Konflik dan Intimasi Spiritual

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Alexandra Arvia ◽  
Jenny Lukito Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
The Other ◽  
Partial Regression ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Spiritual Intimacy ◽  
The Church ◽  
Scale Data

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of conflict resolution and spiritual intimacy on marital satisfaction among interracial married couples. Subjects in this study were 51 interracial married couples in one of the church synods in Indonesia. This study used the conflict resolution scale, the spiritual intimacy scale and the marital satisfaction scale. Data analysis techniques used in this study were multiple and partial regression. The result showed that there is an effect of conflict resolution and spiritual intimacy to marital satisfaction simultaneously. On the other hand, both conflict resolution and spiritual intimacy has their own roles towards marital satisfaction among interracial married couples. Nevertheless, compared with conflict resolution, spiritual intimacy has a bigger impact towards marriage satisfaction.Keywords: Conflict resolution, marital satisfaction, spiritual intimacyAbstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menguji pengaruh resolusi konflik dan intimasi spiritual terhadap kepuasan pernikahan pada pasangan suami istri beda etnis. Subjek penelitian adalah 51 pasangan suami istri beda etnis pada salah satu sinode gereja di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan skala resolusi konflik, skala intimasi spiritual dan skala kepuasan pernikahan. Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan uji regresi berganda. Analisis regresi linier berganda menunjukkan adanya pengaruh yang signifikan dari resolusi konflik dan intimasi spiritual terhadap kepuasan pernikahan secara simultan. Selain itu, baik resolusi konflik ataupun intimasi spiritual masing-masing memiliki peran terhadap kepuasan pernikahan pada pasangan Kristiani beda etnis. Meski demikian, dibandingkan dengan resolusi konflik, intimasi spiritual memberikan pengaruh yang lebih besar terhadap kepuasan pernikahan.

Application and Revision of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale for Use with Korean Couples

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 1015-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunsook Chung
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Parenting Role ◽  
Original Scale ◽  
Standard Deviations ◽  
Key Dimensions

To apply the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale to Korean couples, one item about the parenting role was added to the original scale. Using survey data from 350 married couples from the urban area of Seoul, Korea, this study investigated the availability of the original and revised forms in Korea. Values of internal consistency of responding, means, standard deviations and Pearson rs for both scales were remarkably consistent in the Korean sample and were good assessments of key dimensions of the marital process of Korean couples with children.

The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale: A Further Brief Report

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 629-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly J. Grover ◽  
Lois A. Paff-Bergen ◽  
Candyce S. Russell ◽  
Walter R. Schumm
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment Scale ◽  
Satisfaction Subscale

The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale was administered by survey to 51 wives between the ages of 32 and 71 yr. Further support for the internal consistency reliability of the scale (α = 0.92) was obtained, and patterns of differences between the item means paralleled previous research. Evidence was found for the concurrent validity of the scale, which correlated significantly with six of seven items from the satisfaction subscale of Spanier's Dyadic Adjustment Scale.

Reliability and Validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a Sample of African-American Husbands and Wives

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Green ◽  
Debra Woody ◽  
Susan Maxwell ◽  
Rachel Mercer ◽  
Susette Williams
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Psychometric Tests ◽  
Global Measure ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
African American Couples

An analysis of the internal consistency and criterion validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a sample of 299 African-American wives and 589 African-American husbands provided support for the use of this global measure with African-American couples. Results of the same psychometric tests with comparison groups of Caucasian husbands ( n = 1, 511) and wives ( n = 1, 818) were strikingly similar.

Variables Related to Organizational Commitment in Health Professionals

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Shouksmith
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Opportunities For Promotion

Three measures of organizational commitment were related to scores from the Multidimensional Job Satisfaction Scale in a sample of 1121 health professionals to ascertain the organizational factors which were associated with commitment. Opportunity for personal growth or self-actualization and physical working conditions were related to all three forms of commitment. Affective and Normative Commitment were also enhanced in organizations with promotion systems perceived as fair. Organizational groups which also had satisfactory pay scales and supervisors perceived as possessing positive job-related skills had enhanced Affective Commitment; the presence of coworkers with positive attributes was related to Normative Commitment and high opportunities for promotion to Continuance Commitment.

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