Assessment of positive feelings toward spouse.

A measure of positive affect toward spouse was developed in 1975, and revisions of that measure with subsequent item analyses are presented from a contrasted group comparison (clinic vs. community couples; total couple N = 104). Reliability and validity data are presented to indicate the utility of the measure, positive feelings toward spouse. A 17-item questionnaire with all items that met a homogeneity criterion of >.50 was derived with an alpha of .94; all contrasted group comparisons yielded item differences with ps < .01.