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Psychometric properties of the interpersonal relationship inventory‐short form for active duty female service members
Author(s) -
NaybackBeebe Ann M.,
Yoder Linda H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20435
Subject(s) - psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , active duty , context (archaeology) , interpersonal communication , clinical psychology , population , psychometrics , variance (accounting) , social psychology , medicine , military personnel , environmental health , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , political science , law , business , biology
The Interpersonal Relationship Inventory‐Short Form (IPRI‐SF) has demonstrated psychometric consistency across several demographic and clinical populations; however, it has not been psychometrically tested in a military population. The purpose of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the reliability and component structure of the IPRI‐SF in active duty United States Army female service members (FSMs). The reliability estimates were .93 for the social support subscale and .91 for the conflict subscale. Principal component analysis demonstrated an obliquely rotated three‐component solution that accounted for 58.9% of the variance. The results of this study support the reliability and validity of the IPRI‐SF for use in FSMs; however, a three‐factor structure emerged in this sample of FSMs post‐deployment that represents “cultural context.” © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 34:241–252, 2011