TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Young Adults’ Beliefs Regarding the Importance of Romantic Relationships
AU - Watkins, Nicole K.
AU - Beckmeyer, Jonathon J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Tyler B. Jamison for her helpful comments and feedback on this study. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a General Research Support grant to J. Beckmeyer from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - In the current study, we provided initial evidence for the factor structure and validity of the Brief Measure of Relationship Importance, a new measure of young adults’ beliefs about the values and costs of being in romantic relationships. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, this measure consisted of two subscales: relationship desire (two items; viewing relationships as important and satisfying parts of one’s life) and relationship dismissal (four items; viewing relationships as less desirable or valuable for one’s life). Relationship desire and dismissal scores were associated with participants’ happiness with their romantic experiences, relationship satisfaction, having experienced relationship cycling, marriage intentions, and general interest in being in a romantic relationship. Therefore, we concluded that the Brief Measure of Relationship Importance provides a reliable and valid assessment of young adults’ romantic relationship attitudes. We discuss how our measure can be used in future research on young adults’ romantic relationship development.
AB - In the current study, we provided initial evidence for the factor structure and validity of the Brief Measure of Relationship Importance, a new measure of young adults’ beliefs about the values and costs of being in romantic relationships. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, this measure consisted of two subscales: relationship desire (two items; viewing relationships as important and satisfying parts of one’s life) and relationship dismissal (four items; viewing relationships as less desirable or valuable for one’s life). Relationship desire and dismissal scores were associated with participants’ happiness with their romantic experiences, relationship satisfaction, having experienced relationship cycling, marriage intentions, and general interest in being in a romantic relationship. Therefore, we concluded that the Brief Measure of Relationship Importance provides a reliable and valid assessment of young adults’ romantic relationship attitudes. We discuss how our measure can be used in future research on young adults’ romantic relationship development.
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X19871080
DO - 10.1177/0192513X19871080
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071641729
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 41
SP - 158
EP - 182
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 2
ER -