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Further Validation of the Couple Relationship Scale

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study aimed to build on previous research by S. R. Anderson et al. in 2022 and further validate the Couple Relationship Scale (CRS), a routine outcome measure for use in couple therapy. Using data from a community sample (N = 300, Mean age = 41.61, 49% females), confirmatory factor analysis supported a robust single-factor structure with no evidence of gender-based measurement invariance. The CRS demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability. Strong concurrent validity was evidenced by strong correlations with established measures of couple functioning and moderate correlations with mental health and well-being scales. CRS items showed expected associations with corresponding subscales of other measures of relational functioning and well-being scales. Scores were largely independent of demographic variables. CRS shows promise as a psychometrically sound tool to bridge the research-practice gap in couple therapy, although further validation in clinical populations is warranted.
DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70100
Authors: Patricia Starken, Peter Stratton, Aideen Kieran, Hannah Sherbersky, Melanie Shepherd, Michael Galbraith, Naureen Whittinger, Valeria Pomini, Kunsang Yang Yang, Finiki Nearchou, Mark Shevlin, Alan Carr
Institutions: University College Dublin, University of Leeds, University of Exeter, Association of Child Psychotherapists, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Singapore University of Social Sciences, University of Ulster
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,010
OpenAlex ID: W4417036101
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