The Texas Tech Relationship Interaction Scale (TTRIS): development of a relationship interaction measure for couples
Year: 1998
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The most widely used measures of marital satisfaction are global in nature, relying on a heterogeneous mix of items that measure both behavior and satisfaction. Mixing behavior and satisfaction presents problems in that satisfaction scores provide no specific information regarding particular behaviors. When behavioral information is obtained, it is confounded with satisfaction responses.\n\nThe goal of this dissertation was to develop an instrument (Texas Tech Relationship Interaction Scale; TTRIS) that allows for the measurement of partnership behaviors. The TTRIS is a 36-item instrument with 6 scales representing important relationship behaviors:(1) Salutary Recognition, (2) Ego-Building Comments, (3) Expanding Shared Memories, (4) Exciting Activities, (5) Feedback, and (6) Small-Talk.
Author: Sterling T. Shumway
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2282939034