Validation of the Subjective Well-Being in Couple Relationship Scale (SWCR)

ABSTRACT

This article presents the Subjective Well-being in Couple Relationship Scale (SWCR), aiming to develop a useful instrument for professional practice which contains the main dimensions to assess in a couple relationship. The sample was composed of 620 participants from Spain. 48.4% were between 18–31 years old and 51.6% 32 or older. Most of them were single (54%), lived with their partner (66.1%) and had no children (57.9%). To study the factorial structure of the scale, the sample was divided into three subsamples: an exploratory factor analysis was performed on the first subsample; a confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the second subsample, correlating measurement errors and applying the resulting model on the third subsample to perform a cross-validation. Results provide a 19-item scale with good reliability (α = .84) and validity made up of six factors with appropriate reliability indices.

KEYWORDS:

• communication
• couple relationship
• instrument validation
• satisfaction
• subjective well-being

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Funding

This work is part of the project EDU2012-38074, and the first author is assisted by BES-2013-063623 for predoctoral contracts for training of doctors. Both of them have been granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.