Commonly used self-report measures of romantic relationships may capture people’s overall appraisal of their relationship more than measuring distinct relationship facets such as communication, conflict and affection, according to a new study published in PLOS One by James Kim of Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues. The findings also suggest that a person’s judgment of their overall relationship quality strongly shapes how they answer questions intended to capture distinct, separate facets of the relationship.
Are relationship surveys measuring the wrong thing? How one ‘Q-factor’ shapes most answers
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