Development of the Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire

Romans, John S. C.; DeBord, Jeffrey

doi:10.2466/pr0.1995.76.3c.1248

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“…In the literature, some scales have been developed for evaluating dysfunctional beliefs of couples. One inventory which is often used is the Relationship Beliefs Inventory (Eidelson & Epstein, 1982); another scale is the Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire (Romans & DeBord, 1995). In future projects, these scales could be translated to assess the irrational relationship beliefs of Turkish married couples, or a new scale suitable for use in the Turkish culture could be developed.…”

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Dysfunctional Relationship Beliefs in Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment

Hamamcı

2005

soc behav pers

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In this study we investigated the association between dysfunctional relationship beliefs and marital relationships of Turkish nonclinical married individuals. The Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale (Hamamci & Büyüközturk, 2004), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976, and Marriage Life Scale (Tezer, 1986), which measure marital satisfaction, were administered to the sample of 190 married females and males. Analysis revealed that married individuals with low dyadic adjustment endorsed significantly more dysfunctional relationship beliefs than did those with high dyadic adjustment. It was found that dysfunctional relationship beliefs, including especially beliefs concerning being very close to others in their relationships causing negative consequences, have negative and moderate level correlation with the marital adjustment of males, and negative and very low level correlations were found between marital satisfaction and dysfunctional relationships beliefs. But mindreading beliefs were positively associated with the marital satisfaction of females. Although there were no significant age or gender differences in dysfunctional relationship beliefs, significant differences were observed in dysfunctional relationship beliefs in terms of the education level of married individuals.Keywords: marital satisfaction, marital adjustment, dysfunctional relationship beliefs.Although the concepts and methods of cognitive behavioral therapy initially were developed for application with a variety of disorders, in the past decade marital theorists, researchers, and therapists have extended the range of cognitive behavioral therapy to encompass dysfunction in interpersonal relationships (Epstein, 1992). Recent clinical practices and research interests concerning cognitive behavioral marital therapy have been focused on the cognitive components of relationship dysfunctions. Many researchers emphasize that irrational or

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Dysfunctional Relationship Beliefs in Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment

Hamamcı

2005

soc behav pers

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“…One inventory which is often used is the Relationship Beliefs Inventory (Eidelson & Epstein , 1982), which assesses cognitive distortions in relation to the following subscales: (a) Disagreement is destructive; (b) Misreading is expected; (c) Partners cannot change; (d) Sexual perfectionism is necessary; (e) Sexes are different. Another scale is the Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire (Romans & DeBord, 1995). This scale measures cognitive distortions in relation to the following subdimensions: ( I ) we should be open and honest with each other at all times; (2) we should be able to read each other's minds; (3) we should do everything together; (4) we should be able to meet each other's needs; (5) we should be willing and able to change for each other; (6) things should be always be perfect between us; (7) good relationships should be easy to maintain; (8) one can never be complete without being involved in a romantic relationship; (9) romantic idealism.…”

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The Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale: Development and Psychometric Characteristics

Hamamcı

Büyüköztürk

2004

Psychol Rep

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In this study, an Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale was developed to assess cognitive distortions in individuals' interpersonal relationships. The sample comprised 425 university students. A factor analysis yielded three factors: Interpersonal Rejection, Unrealistic Relationship Expectation and Interpersonal Misperception. To examine construct validity the correlations between the scores on the Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale and the Automatic Thoughts Scale (.54), the Irrational Belief Scale (.54), and the Conflict Tendency Scale (.53) were estimated. The first factor, the second factor, and the total scale discriminated married individuals who had low and high conflict intensity and conflict frequency. The reliability of the scale was estimated by performing a test-retest correlation (.74). Cronbach internal consistency coefficient alpha was .67.

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“…The Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire. Designed originally by Romans and DeBord (1995), the questionnaire was adapted into Turkish by Gizir (2012). The original questionnaire has been in use to measure basic non-functional relationship beliefs in romantic relationships.…”

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“…It is composed of 71 items and 9 subscales. Subscale names , number of items, and obtained Cronbach alpha values of the questionnaire are as follows: "We must be completely open and honest with each other" (14 items, .91), "We must be able to read each other's minds" (7 items, .83), "We must do everything together" (8 items, .85), "We must meet all needs of each other" (9 items, .88), "We must be able to change each other and be willing to do so" (9 items, .77), "Everything must be perfect between us" (7 items .75), "It must be easy to maintain good relationships" (6 items, .68), "We are not complete without being in a romantic relationship" (5 items, .61), and "Romantic idealism" (6 items, .76) (Romans & DeBord, 1995, p. 1249. Cronbach alpha value obtained from the total score of the original questionnaire is .95 and Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the 9 factors varies between .68 and .91.…”

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“…On the other hand, individuals tend to have certain ideas and beliefs about their romantic relationships (Sprecher & Metts, 1999). The cognitive side of romantic relationships and the role of such cognitive variables as belief, expectation, and attribution on romantic relationships and married couples are topics of the researches that have increased interest recently (Epstein & Eidelson, 1981;Küçükarslan & Gizir, 2014;Romans & DeBord, 1995;. Close relationship beliefs, which is one of the cognitions related to relationships, are defined as perceptions and expectations one has concerning their close relationships (Epstein & Eidelson, 1981).…”

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Close relationship belief and self-change as predictors of romantic relationship quality in university students

Dost

Aras²

2021

pegegog

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The aim of this study was to determine the predictive power of university students’ relationship beliefs and self-change on the relationship quality of their romantic relationships. The sample was composed of 361 university students, 212 women (58%) and 149 men (41%), enrolled at different state universities in three metropolises and currently involved in a romantic relationship. The Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire, The Turkish Version of the Relational Self-Change Scale, Relationship Quality Scale, and Personal Information Form were used in the study. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. SPSS 23.0 packet programs were utilized in data analysis. According to the findings, of the factors of close relationship beliefs, “We must be completely open and honest with each other,” “We must do everything together,” “We must meet all needs of each other,” and “Romantic idealism” significantly predicted the social support subscale of relationship quality; “We must meet all needs of each other” significantly predicted the conflict subscale, and “We must do everything together,” “We must be able to change each other,” and “Romantic idealism” significantly predicted the depth subscale. Of the factors of self-change, self-expansion and self-contraction significantly predicted the social support subscale of romantic relationship quality while self-expansion, self-contraction and self-adulteration significantly predicted the conflict and the depth subscales.

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Development of the Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Dysfunctional Relationship Beliefs in Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment

Dysfunctional Relationship Beliefs in Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment

The Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale: Development and Psychometric Characteristics

Close relationship belief and self-change as predictors of romantic relationship quality in university students

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