Measuring Marital Quality: A Critical Look at the Dependent Variable.

Norton, Robert

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Measuring Marital Quality: A Critical Look at the Dependent Variable.

Norton, Robert

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v45 n1 p141-51 Feb 1983

Examines the operationalization of marital quality indices used as dependent variables and the functioning and construction of marital quality variables. Presents both semantic and empirical criteria to judge the development of a marital quality index and a Quality Marriage Index (QMI) based on the introduced criteria. (Author/RC)

Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Marriage, Measures (Individuals), Spouses, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing Problems, Weighted Scores

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Language: English

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