Department
Counseling and Human Services
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Date of Award
6-2021
Format
Degree Level
Ph.D
LCSH subject
Marital psychotherapy; Family psychotherapy; Marital quality -- India; Divorce -- Psychological aspects -- India; Intimate partner violence -- India
ISBN
979-8-209-89813-9
Medium
Manuscript
Proquest Document ID
2644054915
Identifier
1371313962 (OCLC)
School/University
St. Mary's University
Size or duration
xiii, 235 pages
Copyright date
6-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
First Advisor
Tubbs, Carolyn Y.
Second Advisor
Natrajan-Tyagi, Rajeswari
Third Advisor
Richardson, Belinda
Abstract
The increasing number of divorces and domestic violence in Kerala, India points out the need to assess marital quality among couples in Kerala. The lack of assessment tools in the native language prevents evaluating Malayali couples' marital relationships. The purpose of the proposed study was to examine couples' marital quality in Kerala and validate the translated Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (MAQ) and Marital Quality Scale (MQS), the M-MAQ and the M-MQS, respectively. The instruments were translated into Malayalam through a forward and backward translation. A quantitative survey research design collected data from a criterion[1]based sample of 260 couples in Kerala using the M-MAQ and M-MQS, along with the demographic questions and the three items of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. The results showed that the respondents with no children, higher education and fewer years of marriage indicated higher levels of marital satisfaction. An exploratory factor analysis suggested a higher internal reliability score for M-MQS and M-MAQ than the non-translated versions. Future research should assess the psychometric properties of these instruments with particular attention to determine the factor structure of the translation.
Recommended Citation
Kochuparambil, Grace, "A quantitative assessment of marital quality among couples in Kerala, India" (2021). Dissertations. 52.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/dissertations/52
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