Development and validation of Marital Expectations Scale

Pages:636-638
Divya Dovina T. and S. Karunanidhi (Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

In the present study an attempt was made to develop and validate a scale to measure marital expectations among young adults. Such an attempt was made as there was a dearth in the availability of a suitable scale to measure the marital expectations in the Indian context. Data was obtained from available literature, in depth interviews with advocates, psychologists, marital counselors etc., and focus group interviews that were conducted, in order to generate items for the scale. After generation of items, content validity, inter item reliability and test retest reliability were established. Norms were framed based on Mean ± Standard Deviation, using the data collected from a sample of undergraduate students from the districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur, and Kanchipuram.