Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale

Shek, Daniel T. L.; Lam, M. C.; Tsoi, K. W.; Lam, Ching Man

doi:10.2224/sbp.1993.21.3.241

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“…Chinese researchers have created a Chinese version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale and found adequate reliability and validity properties of the scale (Shek, Lam, Tsoi, & Lam, 1993). The scale is highly correlated with Chinese versions of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and the Marital Comparison Level Index.…”

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Marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms in China.

Miller¹,

Mason²,

Canlas³

et al. 2013

Journal of Family Psychology

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Although there is substantial evidence that low marital satisfaction is a significant risk factor for depression, little research has examined this relationship in cultures outside of the U.S. and Europe. The validity of the marital discord model of depression in Chinese culture was tested by studying 391 couples living in Beijing and Hangzhou, China. Results of structural equation modeling using an actor-partner interdependence model strategy indicated that husbands' and wives' marital satisfaction was significantly predictive of their own depressive symptoms. In addition, wives' marital satisfaction significantly predicted husbands' depressive symptoms. These results provide evidence that the marital discord model of depression is useful in understanding the role of marital dissatisfaction as a risk factor for depressive symptoms in collectivistic societies, such as China.

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Marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms in China.

Miller¹,

Mason²,

Canlas³

et al. 2013

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Schumm et al (1986) developed the KMS to assess marital satisfaction using three items. Previous studies documented the psychometric properties of the KMS (Crane et al 2000;Shek et al 1993). Participants were asked to rate the extent to which they were satisfied with their marriage, spouse, and their relationship with their partner along a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (extremely dissatisfied) to 7 (extremely satisfied).…”

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Sacrifice in a Supportive Marriage: Social Support as a Moderator Buffers the Negative Effects of Sacrifice in Marriage

Lin

Chen

2016

J Happiness Stud

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There is a long and interesting history in the study of the positive and negative effects of sacrifice, but few researchers have focused on how one's marital partner being the recipient of sacrifice may lead to different outcomes. Based on conservation of resources theory, we suggested that a partner's social support could be a potential moderator between sacrifice and well-being. To examine our hypothesis, we invited 141 Taiwanese couples to participate in our study. As expected, we found that only for those individuals whose partners provided less social support to them, the more they sacrificed, the lower marital satisfaction and the higher depressive symptoms they reported. In contrast, this effect was not found for the context in which a partner provided more social support. In addition, the negative correlation between a partner's sacrifice and one's depressive symptoms became stronger when an individual provided more support to their sacrificing partner. Our findings highlight that the relationship between sacrifice and wellbeing are contingent upon context, and are particularly dependent on whether the recipient of sacrifice can provide a supportive relationship.

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“…The original Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale was developed by Schumm et al (1986) and the Chinese version was validated in both Hong Kong (Shek et al 1993; Shek and Tsang 1993) and Beijing (Li and Chen 2002). Respondents were asked to indicate how they had felt by rating the following 3 items on a 5-ponit Likert scale ranging from 1 = extremely dissatisfied to 5 = extremely satisfied .…”

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Conceptualizing and Validating Marital Quality in Beijing: A Pilot Study

Zhang

Tsang

2012

Soc Indic Res

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Since the inception of the economic reform, marital relationship in urban China has undergone dramatic transformations. Though the burgeoning body of scholarly research has demonstrated that marital quality has increasingly become an important aspect of family life among married persons in urban China, both the conceptualization and measurement of marital quality remain underdeveloped. The purpose of this pilot study is to develop and validate a comprehensive and culturally appropriate marital quality scale, namely the Chinese Marital Quality Scale (CMQS). Results from the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) conducted on a sample of 387 married persons from Beijing indicate that the CMQS can be conceptualized as a two-factorial and multidimensional construct, encompassing marital happiness, marital interaction, marital disagreement, marital problem, and marital instability. Additional statistical analyses also indicate that the CMQS has exhibited satisfactory reliability and concurrent validity. It is thus concluded that the CMQS is a reliable and valid instrument to measure marital quality in contemporary Beijing and possibly in other Chinese cities.

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Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

Marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms in China.

Marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms in China.

Sacrifice in a Supportive Marriage: Social Support as a Moderator Buffers the Negative Effects of Sacrifice in Marriage

Conceptualizing and Validating Marital Quality in Beijing: A Pilot Study

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