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The cognitive components of relationship distress have received increasing recognition from marital therapists. In particular, attention has focused recently on the beliefs people hold about intimate relationships and how these beliefs may adversely affect relationship quality. The present article describes the development and validation of an inventory measuring five such dysfunctional relationship beliefs. This Relationship Belief Inventory (RBI) was administered to clinical and nonclinical couples along with measures of marital functioning and a questionnaire assessing irrational beliefs about self. Results demonstrated internal consistency, convergent validity, and construct validity for the RBI scales. These findings and the inventory's utility are discussed.

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