Validation of the Subjective Well-Being in Couple Relationship Scale (SWCR)

This article presents the Subjective Well-being in Couple Relationship Scale (SWCR), aiming to develop a useful instrument for professional practice which contains the main dimensions to assess in a couple relationship. The sample was composed of 620 participants from Spain. 48.4% were between 18-31...

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Published inMarriage & family review Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 598 - 615
Main Authors Urbano-Contreras, Antonio, Martínez-González, Raquel-Amaya, Iglesias-Garcia, María-Teresa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis Ltd 18.08.2018
Subjects
Children
Confirmatory factor analysis
Couples
Discriminant analysis
Exploratory factor analysis
Factor structure
Measurement
Measurement errors
Measures
Personal relationships
Reliability
Validity
Well being
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Summary:This article presents the Subjective Well-being in Couple Relationship Scale (SWCR), aiming to develop a useful instrument for professional practice which contains the main dimensions to assess in a couple relationship. The sample was composed of 620 participants from Spain. 48.4% were between 18-31 years old and 51.6% 32 or older. Most of them were single (54%), lived with their partner (66.1%) and had no children (57.9%). To study the factorial structure of the scale, the sample was divided into three subsamples: an exploratory factor analysis was performed on the first subsample; a confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the second subsample, correlating measurement errors and applying the resulting model on the third subsample to perform a cross-validation. Results provide a 19-item scale with good reliability (α = .84) and validity made up of six factors with appropriate reliability indices.
ISSN:0149-4929
1540-9635
DOI:10.1080/01494929.2018.1435435