The Relationship Quality Interview: Evidence of reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and incremental utility.

Lawrence, Erika; Barry, Robin A.; Brock, Rebecca L.; Bunde, Mali; Langer, Amie; Ro, Eunyoe; Fazio, Emily; Mulryan, Lorin; Hunt, Sara; Madsen, Lisa; Dzankovic, Sandra

doi:10.1037/a0021096

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The Relationship Quality Interview: Evidence of reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and incremental utility.

Lawrence, Erika, Barry, Robin A., Brock, Rebecca L., Bunde, Mali, Langer, Amie, Ro, Eunyoe, Fazio, Emily, Mulryan, Lorin +3 more·2011·Psychological Assessment

DOI 10.1037/a0021096

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Relationship satisfaction and adjustment have been the target outcome variables for almost all couple research and therapies. In contrast, far less attention has been paid to the assessment of relationship quality. The present study introduces the Relationship Quality Interview (RQI), a semistructured, behaviorally anchored individual interview. The RQI was designed to provide a more objective assessment of relationship quality as a dynamic, dyadic construct across 5 dimensions: (a) quality of emotional intimacy in the relationship, (b) quality of the couple's sexual relationship, (c) quality of support transactions in the relationship, (d) quality of the couple's ability to share power in the relationship, and (e) quality of conflict/problem-solving interactions in the relationship. Psychometric properties of RQI ratings were examined through scores obtained from self-report questionnaires and behavioral observation data collected cross-sectionally from a sample of 91 dating participants and longitudinally from a sample of 101 married couples. RQI ratings demonstrated strong reliability (internal consistency, interrater agreement, interpartner agreement, and correlations among scales), convergent validity (correlations between RQI scale ratings and questionnaire scores assessing similar domains of relationship quality), and divergent validity (correlations between RQI scale ratings and (a) behavioral observation codes assessing related constructs, (b) global relationship satisfaction scores, and (c) scores on individual difference measures of related constructs). Clinical implications of the RQI for improving couple assessment and interventions are discussed.

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Authors: Lawrence, E., Barry, R. A., Brock, R. L., Bunde, M., Langer, A., Ro, E., Fazio, E., Mulryan, L., Hunt, S., Madsen, L., & Dzankovic, S.
Affiliations: University of Iowa (US)
ORCID: Lawrence, Erika
Barry, Robin A.
Brock, Rebecca L.
Ro, Eunyoe
Hunt, Sara
Venue: Psychological Assessment
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2011-03
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 44-63
ISSN: 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
1939-134X
DOI: 10.1037/a0021096
OpenAlex: W2076145299
Cited by: 52
References: 59
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 2.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R49 CCR721682; R49 CE721682)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (RO1 HD046789)
University of Iowa
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords: relationship quality, couple assessment, emotional intimacy, power sharing, dating couples, married couples, behavioral observation, dyadic assessment, couple therapy
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interviews as Topic, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Personality, Psychological Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Family Conflict, Young Adult

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