MEASURING THE DIFFERENCES IN PAIRS' MARITAL FORGIVENESS SCORES: CONSTRUCT VALIDITY AND LINKS WITH RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION

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PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, cilt.114, sa.2, ss.479-490, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 114 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2466/21.02.pr0.114k18w5
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.479-490
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study examined the reliability and validity of a Turkish version for the Marital Dispositional Forgiveness Scale (MDFS). 104 married couples (M age = 36.6 yr., SD = 9.4) living in Turkey completed the Turkish versions of the MDFS and the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS). Cronbach's coefficients a for negative dimension (wives = .82, husbands = .80) and positive dimension (wives = .80, husbands = .79) were adequate. A correlation between the MDFS and RAS scores indicated significant associations, stronger for the positive dimension than the negative dimension, supporting the external validity of the MDFS.