investigation of psychometric properties of the revised dyadic adjustment scales (rdas)

abstract background and aim: the purpose of the present research was to validating the revised dyadic adjustment scales for marital quality in men and women referred in sanandaj counseling centered. methods: disgn is a study of correlation sort (factor analysis of tendentious oblimin rotation sort). in this research 384 subjects(women and men) were selected from clients in sanandaj counseling centered, the participants completed the revised dyadic adjustment scales (rdas) and criterion questionnaires, then data be analysis by factor analysis of tendentious oblimin rotation sort and confirmatory factor analysis. results: factor analysis by factor analysis of tendentious oblimin rotation sort indicated three factors then by confirmatory factor analysis is fitting. data were indicative of high level of coranbach, alpha and split-half (92% and 89%) reliability coefficients of the marital quality inventory and extracted factors. the convergent validity of the questionnaire was examined by measurement tools for marital satisfaction(enrich), family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale(faces-iii) dyadic adjustment scale (dyadic consesus) and the correlation results for the three criteria are sequentially as follow: 39%, 36%, and 33% which are significant at ( p<0001).the manova and t test were showed, there were no significant differences between male and female for factors and age groups with respect to marital quality degree. conclusion: results of factor analysis are consistent with prior findings. marital quality inventory can be used in research and family settings and in screening the marital quality of couples.