Validation fran çaise d’une version brève de l’Échelle de satisfaction maritale

Conclusion L’ESM-14 apparaît ainsi être un instrument de mesure à même d’évaluer avec fiabilité la satisfaction individuelle dans une relation de couple chez des adultes provenant de la population générale. Introduction Few measuring instruments of couple satisfaction maximizing the individual perception of the relationship exists in French. Settings such as Liaison psychiatry of a general hospital could benefit from a questionnaire adapting to a variety of clinical profiles. Objective This article proposes a French revision and validation of the Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS; Roach, Frazier, and Bowden, 1981), a 48-item self-reported questionnaire designed to evaluate personal satisfaction towards one's couple relationship. Method A sample of 349 community-dwelling individuals aged 20–85 answered the MSS, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976), and a series of inquiries related to sociodemographics. As an initial Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) did not validate the unidimensional structure postulated by the original authors, the item number was reduced to 14. Results This brief version of the scale (MSS-14) was subsequently validated with an internal replication analysis, a strong criterion-related validity with the DAS (r s =0.73, P <0.001), an excellent internal consistency (α=0.961, IC à 95% [0.955, 0.967]), a strong test-retest reliability (r s =0.90, CI à 95% [0.85, 0.93], P <0.001, Z =−0.033, P =0.973), and strong ite...
Source: European Review of Applied Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research