The Psychometric Properties of Marital Quality Scale in the Palestinian Context and the Marital Quality Level of Married Palestinians
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Abstract
This study aimed to identify the factorial structure of the marital quality scale through
two steps: Firstly, discovering the components of marital quality by using exploratory
factor analysis. The initial version the scale consisted of (47) items distributed on a
sample consisted of (127) married persons. After that, (19) items remained with four
factors: family functioning, marital hostility, marital communication and interaction, and
marital adjustment. Secondly, confirmatory factor analysis was performed based on a
sample of (220) married persons. The results of confirmatory factor analysis relatively
support the results of exploratory factor analysis with minor changes. The final version
of the scale included (17) items. The results indicate that the level of marital quality was
high. Based on the results, some recommendation is presented, namely, conducting this
type of studies on huge sample size to reexamine the structure of marital quality among
the Palestinians