RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRES (a small sample)

NAME, CONSTRUCT, CITATION / PROS / CONS
Dyadic Adjustment Scale
Agreement, Participation, Satisfaction within relationship
Spanier, G. B. (1976). Measuring dyadic adjustment: New scales for assessing the quality of marriage and similar dyads.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 15-28. / 32, 14-item versions
Extensively used & stable across variety of populations—gold standard / Pay to use https://www.mhs.com/MHS-Assessment?prodname=das
Designed for romantic relationship only
Couple’s Satisfaction Index
Relationship Satisfaction
Funk, J.L., & Rogge, R.D. (2007). Testing the Ruler with Item Response Theory: Increasing Precision of Measurement for Relationship Satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 572-583. / 32, 16, 4 item versions
Designed using IRT from other well-known relationship measures to create more specificity / Relatively new
Designed for romantic relationship only
Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships Inventory
Relationship Intimacy
Schaefer, M. T. & Olson, D. H. (1981) Assessing intimacy: The PAIR Inventory, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1, 47-60. / Assesses emotional, social, sexual, intellectual, recreational intimacy
Can be used for perceived and expected
Includes demand scale / 36 items; 5 subscale scores (no total score)
Designed for romantic relationship only
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List
Perceived Functional Support
Cohen, S., Mermelstein, R., Kamarck, T., & Hoberman, H. (1985). Measuring the functional components of social support. In I. G. Sarason & B. R. Sarason (Eds.), Social support: Theory, research and application (pp. 73-94). The Hague, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff. / Widely used
Many versions—translations and long/short versions (40, 12, 6 item)
http://www.psy.cmu.edu/
~scohen/scales.html / Designed for general population/college students
May not be predictive in palliative care populations
Duke Functional Support Scale
Perceived Functional Support
Broadhead, W. E., Gehlbach, S. H., DeGruy, F. V., & Kaplan, B. H. (1988). The DukeUNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire: Measurement of social support in family medicine patients. Medical Care, 26(7), 709-23. / 8 items
Captures preferences (“as much as I would like”)
Designed for clinical application; has been adapted for cancer / Less widely used
Emotional/confidante support only (other subscales deleted after psychometric testing)
Duke Social Support and Stress Scale
Network Support and Stress
Parkerson Jr, G. R., Broadhead, W. E., & Tse, C. K. (1991). Validation of the Duke Social Support and Stress Scale.Family medicine,23(5), 357-360. / Captures support and stress
Provides a sense of social network—who is supportive/stressful / 48 items (24 support and 24 stress)
Doesn’t specify type of support provided
UCLA Loneliness Scale
Loneliness
Russell, D, Peplau, L. A. & Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a measure of loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42, 290-294. / 20, 3 item versions
Widely used, including national surveys
Highly predictive / Publicity may alter response set