Assessing nontraditional couples: Validity of the marital satisfaction inventory - Revised with gay, lesbian, and cohabiting heterosexual couples

    Authors

    A. J. Means-Christensen; D. K. Snyder;C. Negy

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Marital Fam. Ther.

    Keywords

    RELATIONSHIP QUALITY; MEXICAN-AMERICAN; ACCULTURATION; CONFLICT; MODELS; ISSUES; Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies

    Abstract

    Thirty-one gay male couples and 28 lesbian couples were compared with 36 cohabiting heterosexual couples using the Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Revised (MSI-R), a multidimensional measure of relationship functioning intended for use with both traditional and nontraditional couples. Analyses of scales' internal consistency and factor structure supported the construct validity of this measure with nontraditional couples. Analyses of mean profiles on the MSI-R indicated that cohabiting opposite-gender and same-gender couples were more alike than different, and were more similar to nondistressed samples of married heterosexual couples from the general community than to couples in therapy. Implications of current findings for clinical assessment and intervention are considered, and directions for future research are proposed.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    69

    Last Page

    83

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000180447600008

    ISSN

    0194-472X

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