Development and Initial Validation of the Four-Factor Romantic Relationship Scales

Preliminary Findings Supporting a New Model of How Couples Maintain Excitement in Romantic Relationships

“…Respondents used a 7-point Likert scale with the response options: 1 = disagree strongly, 2 = moderately disagree, 3 = slightly disagree, 4 = neither agree nor disagree, 5 = slightly agree, 6 = moderately agree, 7 = agree strongly. Cronbach's alpha in prior studies ranged from .91 to .96; validity findings include significant associations with relationship satisfaction and significant increases as a result of an intervention aimed at increasing excitement (Coulter & Malouff, 2013;Malouff et al, 2012). In the present study, Cronbach's alpha was .84.…”

“…The Exciting Scale of the Four-Factor Romantic Relationships Scales (FFRR; Malouff et al, 2012) contains nine adjectives that could describe a relationship, including three that measure level of excitement, and six that measure activities that contribute to excitement, such as being spontaneous. The nine items constituted a single factor in prior studies (Malouff et al, 2012).…”

“…The nine items constituted a single factor in prior studies (Malouff et al, 2012). Respondents used a 7-point Likert scale with the response options: 1 = disagree strongly, 2 = moderately disagree, 3 = slightly disagree, 4 = neither agree nor disagree, 5 = slightly agree, 6 = moderately agree, 7 = agree strongly.…”

“…This scale was made up of three items on the Romantic Relationship Exciting Scale used in Study 1 (Malouff et al, 2012): exciting, interesting, and boring (reverse scored). The options range from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree.…”

“…Graham (2008) found that momentary ratings of levels of activation (feeling alert, involved, active, and excited) were associated with relationship quality. A study of commonly perceived characteristics of romantic relationship found that one characteristic involved how exciting the relationship is (Malouff et al, 2012). The researchers used factor analysis to develop a scale of descriptive items to measure relationship excitement.…”