Test-Retest Reliability of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale

Mitchell, Susan; Newell, G. Kathleen; Schumm, Walter R.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1983.53.2.545

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“…correlations were good, with rs of .63 to .92. The as for the other scales were consistent with most previous research, including the relatively poor reliability found for the individual social desirability scale (11,22). Husbands' and wives' perceptions of marital conflict were significantly correlated in all cases in spite of the low power provided by the ~a r n p l e .~ For wives, the marital conflict scales consistently differentiated distressed and nondistressed marriages in terms of marital satisfaction, as expected from Gottman's (8, 9, 10) research.…”

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Assessing Spouses' Perceptions of Gottman's Temporal Form in Marital Conflict

1985

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Szcntmary.-Gottman ( 1982) has developed a model of marital interaction and conflict that involves distinct ways in which distressed and nondistressed couples attempt to resolve disagreements over three sequential stages, a pattern Gottman identifies as temporal form. To determine whether married couples might recognize the elements of each stage in their own relationship, scales for assessing each stage of conflict were developed. The scales appear to have excellent internal consistency reliability and to differentiate distressed and nondistressed couples as expected from Gottman's proposals. Further research on the validity of the scales, using larger samples and behavioral observations is recommended.Without a doubt there exists in the literature on the family a vast array of self-report instruments designed to assess spouses' perceptions of their marital relationships along a variety of dimensions (24). It must be with some apprehension that anyone should introduce additional scales into an already overloaded system. However, on occasion, advances in the conceptualization of marital interaction create a situation in which measurement lags behind conceptualization. Recently, Gottman (9, l o ) , on the basis of detailed observational research (8), described a temporal patterning for marital conflict in which distressed and nondistressed spouses appear to differ in substantial, systematic ways over three phases or stages of marital conflict. In the first phase-agenda-bzlilding-the objective is to get the issues out as they are perceived by each person. In the second phase-argaing-the objective is for each partner to argue for their point of view and to understand the areas of disagreement between them. In the third phase-negotiation-the objective is mutually satisfactory compromise. Distressed couples, in brief, appear to respond with complaints/criticism rather than validating comments in the first phase and with hostile nonverbal behaviors in the second phase as do nondistressed couples. In the third phase, distressed couples find it difficult '

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1985

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“…It was chosen due to its brevity and simplicity in measuring overall marital satisfaction. The reliability of the KMSS has been relatively high and consistent over time, with alpha coefficients ranging from .89 to .97 (Callahan, 1997;Mitchell, Newell, & Schumm, 1983;Schumm, Bollman, Jurich, & Hatch, 1997;Schumm, Nichols, Schectman, & Grigsby, 1983).…”

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After “I Do”: The Newlywed Transition

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Marriage & Family Review

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Marital satisfaction, marital adjustment, and problem areas experienced during the early months of marriage were examined using a sample of 1,010 newlywed husbands and wives. Results revealed that between 8% and 14% percent of newlyweds already scored in the distressed range on measures of marital satisfaction and adjustment, respectively. For both husbands and wives, the most problematic areas in the early months of marriage were balancing employment and marriage and debt brought into marriage. However, protective factors in the marriage, including respect, appreciation, commitment, mutual affection, and trust, were the strongest predictors of marital satisfaction and adjustment. Implications for future research and family life education are proposed.

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“…The stressful items endorsed were summed to create a total score indicative of the total of stressors a person encountered in the prior year. Finally, participants who were married or living with a domestic partner were asked to complete the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, a 3-item scale that has been shown to be internally consistent and have adequate test-retest reliability and construct, concurrent, discriminative and criterion validity [30–33]. We also asked whether the participant’s spouse/partner smoked and whether the spouse/partner supported the participant’s efforts to quit smoking on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 = strongly agree to 5 = strongly disagree.…”

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Smoking Cessation and Quality of Life: Changes in Life Satisfaction Over 3 Years Following a Quit Attempt

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Background There has been limited research addressing changes in subjective well-being as a result of quitting smoking. Purpose To use longitudinal data to determine the relation between smoking cessation and subjective measures of well-being, including global quality of life (QOL), health-related QOL (HR-QOL), affect, relationship satisfaction and stressor occurrence. Methods As part of a randomized, placebo-controlled smoking cessation trial, 1504 participants (58.2% women; 83.9% white) completed assessments and had their smoking status biochemically confirmed at baseline and Years 1 and 3 post-quit. Results Compared to continuing smokers, quitters showed improved global QOL, HR-QOL, and affect at Years 1 and 3 and fewer stressors by Year 3. Smoking status did not influence marital relationship satisfaction. Conclusions Successful quitters, in contrast to continuing smokers, reported improved subjective well-being, which could be used to motivate quit attempts by individuals with concerns about what life will be like without cigarettes.

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Test-Retest Reliability of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale

Cited by 58 publications

References 8 publications

Assessing Spouses' Perceptions of Gottman's Temporal Form in Marital Conflict

Assessing Spouses' Perceptions of Gottman's Temporal Form in Marital Conflict

After “I Do”: The Newlywed Transition

Smoking Cessation and Quality of Life: Changes in Life Satisfaction Over 3 Years Following a Quit Attempt

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