Investigating Psychometric properties of Persian version of Marital Power Scale

Khazaei, Samaneh; Salimi, Hadi; Rezaei, Mehdi

doi:10.22054/jem.2023.71434.3423

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor., Department of Psychology., Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, University of Hormozgan,, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/jem.2023.71434.3423

Abstract

Marital power scale is a self-report scale that consists of two subscales of power process and power outcome, and it has not been used in the Iranian sample to date. The aim of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Bogue et al.'s marital power scale (2008) in the Iranian sample. The correlational research method and the study sample consisted of 555 people who were selected through volunteer sampling method and responded to the research tools including the scales of marital power, covert communication aggression, and marital intimacy. The validity of the scale was checked using construct validity, convergent validity and correlation between subscales. In examining the structure of this scale, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used, and the obtained results confirmed the structure of the marital power scale. Also, in the confirmatory factor analysis, all the coefficients were significant, and for this reason, no item was removed or modified in the factor analysis. In order to estimate the internal homogeneity of the marital power scale, the formula of Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used, and the questionnaire had an acceptable Cronbach's alpha (α=0.76). In addition, the correlation results of the marital power scale with other scales showed that this scale and its subscales have a positive relationship with hidden communication aggression and a negative and significant relationship with marital intimacy (p<0.01). All in all, the results of the present study show that this scale has favorable statistical characteristics in Iranian samples and it can be used with confidence in Iranian samples.

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Investigating Psychometric properties of Persian version of Marital Power Scale

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Volume 14, Issue 54
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Pages 106-128