The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale: A Psychometric Study in a Sample of Portuguese Parents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Analysis Plan
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis
3.2. Factor-Structure Analysis
3.3. Construct Validity Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | S | K | Corrected r Item Total | α If Item Deleted | |
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Item 1 | 4.01 | 0.82 | −1.27 | 2.79 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
Item 2 inverted | 3.91 | 1.08 | −0.90 | −0.10 | 0.58 | 0.86 |
Item 3 | 4.09 | 0.87 | −1.32 | 2.39 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
Item 4 | 3.79 | 0.93 | −1.14 | 1.61 | 0.63 | 0.86 |
Item 5 inverted | 3.82 | 1.17 | −0.84 | −0.28 | 0.69 | 0.85 |
Item 6 | 3.65 | 1.01 | −0.76 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 0.86 |
Item 7 | 4.01 | 0.84 | −1.42 | 3.30 | 0.67 | 0.86 |
Item 8 inverted | 3.55 | 1.23 | −0.48 | −0.89 | 0.36 | 0.87 |
Item 9 inverted | 3.52 | 1.19 | −0.24 | −1.20 | 0.45 | 0.87 |
Item 10 | 3.62 | 0.97 | −0.76 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
Item 11 | 3.94 | 0.94 | −1.10 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.86 |
Item 12 inverted | 4.06 | 0.98 | −1.15 | 0.81 | 0.41 | 0.87 |
Item 13 | 4.10 | 0.97 | −1.11 | 0.77 | 0.44 | 0.87 |
Item 14 inverted | 3.75 | 1.21 | −0.87 | −0.23 | 0.24 | 0.88 |
Item 15 | 3.84 | 1.13 | −1.10 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.87 |
Total | 33.69 | 4.93 | −0.76 | 1.05 | - | 0.87 |
EMS | S-Bc2/df | IFI | NNFI | CFI | RMSEA | CI (90%) | AIC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unifactorial model | 4.38 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.13 | 0.12–0.14 | 214.13 |
Two-factor model | 4.43 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.13 | 0.12–0.14 | 216.45 |
Revised two-factor model (1) | 1.95 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.07 | 0.05–0.09 | −2.40 |
EMS | F1 (Satisfaction) | F2 (Distortion) |
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Item 1 | 0.80 | |
Item 2 (inverted) | 0.47 | |
Item 3 | 0.77 | |
Item 4 | 0.79 | |
Item 5 (inverted) | 0.63 | |
Item 6 | 0.76 | |
Item 7 | 0.82 | |
Item 9 (inverted) | 0.30 | |
Item 10 | 0.69 | |
Item 11 | 0.66 | |
Item 13 | 0.44 | |
Item 15 | 0.53 |
M | SD | Alpha | MIIC | CITCR | |
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Satisfaction | 27.30 | 4.88 | 0.84 | 0.43 | 0.49–0.70 |
Distortion | 19.06 | 3.46 | 0.74 | 0.40 | 0.31–0.63 |
EMS | |
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Parenting Alliance | 0.70 *** |
Parenting Distress | −0.18 * |
Parent–Child Dysfunctional Interaction | −0.20 ** |
Difficult Child | −0.10 |
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Nunes, C.; Martins, C.; Leal, A.; Pechorro, P.; Ferreira, L.I.; Ayala-Nunes, L. The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale: A Psychometric Study in a Sample of Portuguese Parents. Soc. Sci. 2022, 11, 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030107
Nunes C, Martins C, Leal A, Pechorro P, Ferreira LI, Ayala-Nunes L. The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale: A Psychometric Study in a Sample of Portuguese Parents. Social Sciences. 2022; 11(3):107. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030107
Chicago/Turabian StyleNunes, Cristina, Cátia Martins, Andreia Leal, Pedro Pechorro, Laura Inês Ferreira, and Lara Ayala-Nunes. 2022. "The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale: A Psychometric Study in a Sample of Portuguese Parents" Social Sciences 11, no. 3: 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030107
APA StyleNunes, C., Martins, C., Leal, A., Pechorro, P., Ferreira, L. I., & Ayala-Nunes, L. (2022). The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale: A Psychometric Study in a Sample of Portuguese Parents. Social Sciences, 11(3), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030107