title: Further validation of the Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ).
abstract: This study examined the Factor structure and internal consistency of the Dutch version of the Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ) for a sample of 787 respondents in Belgium. Principal components analysis, followed by varimax orthogonal rotation, identified the expected three factors (M - Marital, S - Sexual, GL - General Life), which jointly explained 53% of the variance. The Cronbach alpha for MMQ - M (.90) and MMQ - S (.80) were of high value while for MMQ - GL (.66) was lower. The MMQ scales were found significantly correlated with each other: M - S, .60; M - GL, .46 and S - GL, .33.
authors.affiliation: Family and Sexuality Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Orathinkal@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Orathinkal
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Vansteenwegen
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alfons
authors.forename: Stroobants
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rob
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires