Utility of the Spanish translation of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Revised in Spain

Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-26

  Reig Ferrer, Abilio ^a   Cepeda Benito, Antonio ^b   Snyder, Douglas K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Couples; Cross cultural; Marriage; Spanish; Translations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942611404     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191103261405     Document Type: Article

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