Spousal Conflict Arousal: Scale Development

Dyadic consensus on family vacation destination selection

“…The four factors emerged were labeled as interpersonal need, involvement, utility, and power as did by Seymour and Lessne (1984). The constructs derived from the factor analysis in this study, however, did not include identical items as those in the original scale (Seymour & Lessne, 1984).…”

“…A series of descriptive analysis, including frequencies, means, and standard deviations was conducted for all survey questions. Four items in the SCAS were coded in reverse as recommended by Seymour and Lessne (1984). Because items were modified to fit the context of vacation destination selection, an attempt was made to verify the original dimensions of spousal conflict arousal.…”

“…Therefore, researchers and practitioners have studied to comprehend conflict and conflict resolution in the family decision-making process because of their impact upon the outcome of purchase decisions. Seymour and Lessne (1984) developed the Spousal Conflict Arousal Scale (SCAS) with an automobile purchasing scenario. The four underlying dimensions of conflict arousal included interpersonal need, power, involvement, and utility.…”

“…The SCAS developed by Seymour and Lessne (1984) was revised to reflect the context of decision making in family vacation destination selection. A total of 20 questions were asked to investigate the four underlying dimensions of conflict arousal, including interpersonal need, power, involvement, and utility.…”

Harmonizing conflict in husband–wife purchase decision making: perceived fairness and spousal influence dynamics

“…Third, we further qualified those couples who indicated that in the last jointly made family vacation decision, there had been disagreement between the husband and wife about where to go or how to spend the vacation. Disagreement about the desirability of the various alternatives in joint family decision making tends to arouse conflict (Seymour and Lessne 1984), which in turn provokes more conflictharmonizing processes.…”