The increased construct validity and clinical utility of assessing relationship quality using separate positive and negative dimensions

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-151

  Mattson, Richard E ^a   Paldino, Dawnelle ^b   Johnson, Matthew D ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensional approach; Dimensions; Engaged; Marital quality; Marital satisfaction; Measurement; Premarital; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE QUALITY IN MARRIAGE SCALE; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947305337     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.1.146     Document Type: Article

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