Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS)
Azize Nilgün CANEL‚ 2013
مقیاس خشنودی زناشویی
Part 1
Marital satisfaction
- Our relationship makes me happy
- I should not have a marriage life like this
- I do not feel like exhibiting love to my spouse
- Most of our quarrels end up with despondency
- I am fed up with my spouse’s constant complaints about things
- We do not have many common topics to talk about with my wife
- My spouse manages our budget very well
- I can easily talk to my spouse about anything related to our sexual life
- I sometimes get unhappy because of my spouse’s behaviour
- I have always been happy with our relationship
- I admire many features of my spouse
- We should find a way to resolve disputes between us
- My spouse constantly criticizes me
- My spouse has never physically hurt me
- If I knew then what I know now‚ I would not marry my spouse
- We often say “I love you” to each other
- We cannot succeed in quarrelling without getting angry with each other
- My spouse gets angry with everything
- There are a lot of things we enjoy doing together in our lives
- I have more fun with my friends than I do with my spouse
- We sometimes have resentment and disappointment resulting from our families
- There are more good aspects of our relationship than bad aspects
- When something in our relationship worries me‚ I easily talk to my spouse about it
- I trust my spouse about everything
- My spouse cannot understand my points of view
- We are like two strangers in the house
- My spouse treats me very badly
- There are some problems in our sexual life
- The future of our relationship is too vague to make serious plans for the future
- My spouse is very keen on picking a fight with me
- I do not think that there is a problem in our sexual life
- I think that I may get divorced because of my spouse’s family
- I think we do not love each other sufficiently
- I suspect that my spouse is cheating on me
- Our little disagreements often turns into a contentious debate
- My spouse’s losing control when he/she is angry scares me
- I completely trust my spouse about money
- I think my spouse is very attractive
- I wish my spouse would behave more intimately to my family
- There are things disappointing me in our relationship
- Our quarrels generally end up with making one of us offended or cry
- I am scared or my spouse when he/she gets angry
- Couples with a happy marriage must be getting along better than we do
- I think some of the important needs in our relationship were not met
- No matter how much my spouse gets angry‚ he/she never hits me
- My spouse often complains that I do not understand him/her
- I always touch my wife willingly and lovingly
- We do not get unhappy in our relationship because of our families
- We have a satisfying relationship
- I have difficulty in sticking to some of the traditions and customs of my spouse’s family
- When we disagree on any matter with my spouse‚ we discuss about it
- When my spouse is angry‚ he/she throws down the surrounding objects
- My spouse never gives up spending more money than we earn
- Spending time constantly with my spouse’s family annoys me
- We make decisions together on how to spend our money
- If my spouse’s family did not interfere with our marriage; we would have a happier relationship
- Sometimes I want to leave my spouse
- I always count on my spouse’s intelligence and abilities
- There are some serious problems we cannot cope with in our relationship
- There have been times I wanted to leave my spouse
- My spouse does not use brute force against me when he/she is angry
- My spouse enjoys spending his/her free-time with me
- My spouse cannot stand hearing criticism about his/her family
- I believe that we have a successful relationship
- My spouse never threatened me to hurt me
- We allocate quite a lot of time for games and for entertainment
- We never get bored when we are together
- My spouse is very much under the influence of his/her family
- I sometimes think that our marriage may end up with separation or divorce
- My spouse is very cruel to me
- My spouse and I spend free-time very well together
- I got fed up with my spouse’s credit card debts
- I cannot imagine a life without my spouse
- When we quarrel; my spouse helps us to find a midway
- I allocate time for the things I share with my spouse everyday
- My spouse take pleasures as much as I do in our sexual intercourses
- I am quite happy with my spouse’s relationship with me
- I would be happier if I had not started this relationship
- My spouse has never appraised me
- My spouse wants me to change some aspects of my personality
- We are best friends for each other
- We never have problems due to our families
- I believe that we are quite a happy couple
- We have intense love and affection in our relationship
- I have been longing for a peaceful marriage environment
- I think that my spouse does not love me sufficiently
- I believe that I can cope with any problems with my spouse
- My spouse does not show enough interest to me
- My spouse sometimes leaves bruises or evidence of tampering on my body
- My spouse does not willingly hug and kiss me
- Sometimes the conflict between us continues for several days
- We were made for each other
- I sometimes feel very lonely
- We are not close enough to each other
Part 2
Understanding of parenting
- We are in perfect harmony with each other in terms up raising our children
- My spouse is a wonderful mother/father
- My spouse does not spend enough time with children
- My spouse generally expects me to take care of the children
- We have equal responsibility in raising our children
- My spouse does not show enough interest to children
- We set rules about children together
- We usually agree on the manners we should teach our children
- We do not experience conflicts in topics related to children.
شرح سایت روان سنجی: این ابزار برپایه گزارش پدیدآورنده، ابزار دارای 101 (92+9) گویه است. از گزارش تحلیل عاملی 94 گویه در تارنمای روان سنجی استخراج شد. برای آگاهی بیشتر به لینک " چگونگی دستیابی" مراجعه کنید.
اعتبار: آلفا کرونباخ 0.97، اسپیرمن براون 0.94 و گاتمن 0.939
خرده مقیاس ها
Marital harmony (alpha 0.97)‚ relationship happiness (alpha 0.95)‚ conflict (alpha 0.88)‚ close-ness (alpha 0.90)‚ anger (alpha 0.85)‚ communication with the spouse’s family (alpha 0.84)‚ economic understanding (alpha 0.73)‚ and understanding of parenting (alpha 0.86)
نمره گذاری:
Yes‚ No
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع و ماخذ
CANEL‚ Azize Nilgün. (2013). The Development of the Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS). Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice ‚ 13(1); 97-117