title: Confirming the three-factor structure of the quality of relationships inventory within couples.
abstract: The current study further validates the Quality of Relationships Inventory (QRI; G. R. Pierce, I. G. Sarason, & B. R. Sarason, 1991) by evaluating its factor structure in a sample of 572 partners from 286 couples. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to compare 3 different models of the QRI and to investigate the invariance of the factor structure of the QRI across gender and across relationship satisfaction. Analyses revealed that a 3-factor solution--consisting of 3 different but interrelated factors (a 7-item support factor, a 12-item conflict factor, and a 6-item depth factor)--best accounted for the data. The authors' findings suggest that full metric invariance holds across gender and across relationship satisfaction in the female subsample, whereas only partial metric invariance could be established for relationship satisfaction in the male subsample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. lesley.verhofstadt@ugent.be
authors.forename: Lesley L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Verhofstadt
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buysse
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rosseel
authors.forename: Olivier J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Peene
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires