Marital quality was measured by the four - item version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, a scale that includes items about marital happiness, confiding in one another, believing things are going well in the relationship, and thoughts of divorce (Sabourin, Valois, & Lussier, 2005; Spanier,
Marital quality was measured by the four - item version of the Dyadic Adjustment
Scale, a scale that includes items about marital happiness, confiding in one another, believing things are going well in the relationship, and thoughts of divorce (Sabourin, Valois, & Lussier, 2005; Spanier, 1
Scale, a
scale that includes items about marital happiness, confiding in one another, believing things are going well in the relationship, and thoughts of divorce (Sabourin, Valois, & Lussier, 2005; Spanier, 1
scale that includes items about
marital happiness, confiding in one another, believing things are going well in the relationship, and thoughts of divorce (Sabourin, Valois, & Lussier, 2005; Spanier,
marital happiness, confiding in one another, believing things are going well in the relationship, and thoughts of divorce (Sabourin, Valois, & Lussier, 2005; Spanier, 1976).
This
scale yields an overall score and has four subscales: dyadic consensus (agreement on spending spare time, financial matters, general view of life), dyadic cohesion (having discussions together, having interests in common),
marital satisfaction (the amount of quarrels, trusting one another, general
happiness in relationship) and sexual affection (sexual desire, expressions of love).