Abstract:

Objective: The present study aimed to develop the Premarital Relationship Assesment Scale (PRAS) and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale. Method: A total of 101 female and 102 male students participated in the study. The mean age of the participants is 22.95. For validity, construct validity and criteration validity were utilized. The criteration validity is assessed by examining the correlation of the PRAS with İlişkilerde Mutluluk Ölçeği. The reliability of the PRAS was assessed by Cronbach’s Alpha and test-re test reliability statistics. Results: The Cronbach Alpha coefficient regarding the internal consistency as .86. Computed test-retest reliability coefficient was .72 (p<.01). The Premarital Relationship Assesment Scale correlated .48 (p<.01) with İlişkilerde Mutluk Ölçeği. The factor analysis showed that there were five factors explaining 42.997% of total variance of the scale. Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the PRAS is found to be satisfactory and could be used to assess premarital relationship.

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