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The chinese version of the dyadic adjustment scale: Does language make a difference?
Author(s) -
Shek Daniel T. L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199511)51:6<802::aid-jclp2270510612>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , cohesion (chemistry) , scale (ratio) , developmental psychology , universality (dynamical systems) , psychotherapist , cartography , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , geography
The Chinese version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (C‐DAS) was administered to 1,501 married adults, along with other instruments that assessed their psychosocial adjustment. Factor analysis showed that four factors were abstracted from the C‐DAS (Dyadic Consensus, Dyadic Cohesion, Dyadic Satisfaction, and Affectional Expression); the factors extracted could be reproduced reliably in two random subsamples, as well as in the male and female samples. Although some areas of refinement are suggested, the present data generally support the universality of the concept of dyadic adjustment as indexed by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Contrary to the data reported previously, the present factor structures based on the male and female samples were highly similar and stable.