ISSUES IN MEASURING MARITAL SATISFACTION IN SURVEY RESEARCH

ISSUES IN MEASURING MARITAL SATISFACTION IN SURVEY RESEARCH

Several issues, including a social desirability response set, in measuring marital satisfaction were identified, primarily from Spanier and Cole (1976), and evaluated with data from two samples in the Midwestern United States. Although mean scores between marital satisfaction items differed slightly...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of sociology of the family 1983-04, Vol.13 (1), p.129-143
Hauptverfasser: SCHUMM, WALTER R., MILLIKEN, GEORGE A., PORESKY, ROBERT H., BOLLMAN, STEPHAN R., JURICH, ANTHONY P.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Employment
Family living/Family life
Husbands
Interviews
Marital satisfaction
Marriage/Marriages/Marital
Measure/Measures/Measuring/ Measurement
Questionnaires
Scope of employment
Social desirability bias
Spouses
Survey research
Wives
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Zusammenfassung:Several issues, including a social desirability response set, in measuring marital satisfaction were identified, primarily from Spanier and Cole (1976), and evaluated with data from two samples in the Midwestern United States. Although mean scores between marital satisfaction items differed slightly, the items formed an internally consistent scale. The self-administered questionnaire appears to elicit no greater, and perhaps even less of, a social desirability response set than the personal interview.
ISSN:0020-7667
0973-2039
0020-7667