Index of Marital Satisfaction

Description

Married and cohabiting parents were asked to complete a marital satisfaction module that included questions about the quality of the marital/cohabiting relationship as well as other factors, such as how the couple copes with stress.

Reference(s)

Russell, R. J. H., & Wells, P. A. (1993). Marriage and relationship questionnaire: MARQ handbook. Kent, UK: Hodder & Stoughton.
Schumm, W. R., Nichols, C. W., Schectman, K. L., & Grigsby, C. C. (1983). Characteristics of responses to the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale by a sample of 84 married mothers. Psychological Reports, 53(2), 567-572. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1983.53.2.567.x

Publication(s)

Zietz, S., Lansford, J. E., Liu, Q., Long, Q., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Skinner, A. T., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Gurdal, S. (in press) A longitudinal examination of the family stress model of economic hardship in seven countries. Children and Youth Services Review.

Wave(s) Used

Parent: 5, 6

Measure PDF

Index of Marital Satisfaction Measure PDF