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The Relationship Assessment Scale

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ID2929907
AuthorsSusan S Hendrick (Texas Tech University), Amy Dicke (Texas Tech University), Clyde Hendrick (Texas Tech University)
Year1998
Volume15
Issue1
Pages137-142
Publication date1998-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407598151009
OpenAlexW2170977744
LanguageEN
Citations received190
References cited17

This paper offers new information on the reliability and validity of the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS; Hendrick, 1988), a seven-item generic measure of relationship satisfaction. The RAS shows moderate to high correlations with measures of marital satisfaction, good test-retest reliability and consistent measurement properties across samples of ethnically diverse and age-diverse couples, as well as partners seeking marital and family therapy. The RAS is an appropriate, useful and brief measure for partnered love relationships in a wide variety of research settings

Data mining · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Measure (data warehouse · Relationship education · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Test (biology · Variety (cybernetics · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

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