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Relationships, health, and stress: Validation of a relationship sense of coherence measure
Author(s) -
Davis Bret A.,
Shrout M. Rosie,
Evans William P.,
Weigel Daniel J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12358
Subject(s) - psychology , romance , social psychology , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , stress (linguistics) , measure (data warehouse) , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , power (physics) , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , database
Although all romantic relationships experience stress, some thrive when faced with adversity while others are unable to manage the inevitable relationship ups and downs. Rather than seeing stress as a risk factor, this study applied a Salutogenic framework, which posits that stress is a naturally occurring and potentially beneficial part of relationships, to develop a new measure of relationship health and well‐being. In Study 1, we created and tested a self‐report Relationship Sense of Coherence (RSOC) scale. Study 2 demonstrated evidence of convergent reliability for the RSOC. In Study 3, we tested the RSOC in a two‐wave sample of romantically‐involved individuals with a chronic health condition. Guidelines for use and implications for future research are discussed.