title: Family strengths and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale: a factor analytic study.
abstract: 20 new items were developed to measure six concepts of family strengths and were administered, along with the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, to over 266 married subjects as part of a larger survey of current and former members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A common factor analysis suggested that most of the items were associated with their expected factors, while reliability analyses indicated that most of the scales had acceptable estimates of internal consistency. The marital satisfaction items clearly were associated with their own factor and not other factors, providing support for the unidimensional nature of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale and for its construct validity.
authors.affiliation: School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-1403, USA. Schumm@Humec.ksu.edu
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schumm
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bollman
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jurich
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hatch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires