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The Measurement of Perceived Relationship Quality Components: A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach
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This research tested three models of how the relationship evaluation components of satisfaction, commitment, intimacy, trust, passion, and love are structured and cognitively represented. Participants in Study 1 rated their intimate relationships on six previously developed scales that measured each construct and on a new inventory—the Perceived Relationship Quality Components (PRQC) Inventory. As predicted, confirmatory factor analysis revealed that, for both sets of scales, the best-fitting model was one in which the appropriate items loaded reliably on the six first-order factors, which in turn loaded reliably on one second-order factor reflecting overall perceived relationship quality. These results were replicated on a different sample in Study 2 and across sex. Implications and advantages of the PRQC Inventory are discussed.
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- Authors
- Fletcher, G. J. O., Simpson, J. A., & Thomas, G.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 340-354
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2147626483
- Cited by
- 1,081
- References
- 53
- FWCI
- 6.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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