A REVISION OF THE DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE FOR USE WITH DISTRESSED AND NONDISTRESSED COUPLES - CONSTRUCT HIERARCHY AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALES
A REVISION OF THE DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE FOR USE WITH DISTRESSED AND NONDISTRESSED COUPLES - CONSTRUCT HIERARCHY AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALES
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00163.x
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发表时间：
1995-07-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
LARSON, JH
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作者：
BUSBY, DM;CHRISTENSEN, C;LARSON, JH
已有的关于二元调整量表(DAS)的研究表明，部分分量表和个别条目存在问题。本研究旨在通过遵循结构层次结构的标准来改进该工具。通过前人的研究和本研究的分析，发现分量表包含一些同质的条目和一些更多的异质条目。通过选择相同的条目纠正了这个问题；创建了7个一阶量表，并将其组合在一起创建了共识、满意度和凝聚力三个二阶概念。以痛苦和非痛苦夫妇为样本，进行了一系列验证性因素分析。因素分析证明了修订后的DAS(RDAS)的新结构的结构效度，包括本研究的痛苦样本、非痛苦样本和总样本，以及斯潘尼尔和汤普森(1982)研究的样本。将RDAS与另一种流行的婚姻工具相关联的其他分析为RDAS的结构效度提供了更多证据。判别分析结果验证了效标效度。内部一致性和分半信度估计都表明RDAS是可靠的。研究结果还支持将RDA分成两种可供选择的形式，这两种形式在测试前和测试后的研究中广泛使用。提供了地区发展援助的汇总统计数据，以及对婚姻和家庭治疗领域的影响。
The existing research on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) indicated that there were problems with some of the subscales and individual items. This study was designed to improve the instrument by following the standards of construct hierarchy. Through previous research and the analyses in this study, the subscales were found to contain some items that were homogeneous and others that were more heterogeneous. This problem was corrected by selecting out items that were homogeneous; 7 first-order scales were created which were combined to create the 3 second-order concepts of consensus, satisfaction, and cohesion. With a sample of distressed and nondistressed couples, a series of confirmatory factor analyses was conducted. The factor analyses provided evidence for the construct validity of the new structure of the Revised DAS (RDAS) with the distressed, nondistressed, and total samples of this study, as well as with the sample from Spanier and Thompson's (1982) study. Additional analyses correlating the RDAS with another popular marital instrument provided more evidence for the construct validity of the RDAS. Criterion validity was demonstrated by discriminant analyses results. Both internal consistency and split-half reliability estimates demonstrated that the RDAS was reliable. The results also supported dividing the RDAS into two alternative forms far use in pre- and posttest studies. Summary statistics for the RDAS are presented as are implications for the field of marriage and family therapy.