General attitudes towards marriage scale: Psychometric properties in Malaysian adolescents of divorced families
Attitudes towards marriage in adolescence may influence the relationship quality in later years. There exist many measures of attitudes towards marriage which were validated among adolescents from two-parent family in the Western context. There is a need to validate measure of attitudes towards ma...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Verlag (Germany)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/526/1/FAM%20JY%20-%20GENERAL%20ATTITUDES%20TOWARDS%20MARRIAGE%20SCALE.pdf http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/526/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0849-7 |
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| Summary: | Attitudes towards marriage in adolescence may influence the relationship quality in later years. There exist many measures of attitudes towards marriage which were validated
among adolescents from two-parent family in the Western context. There is a need to validate measure of attitudes towards marriage in different countries. This study
examined the psychometric properties of the Malay version of General Attitudes towards Marriage Scale (GAMS) in a sample of 480 adolescents from divorced families in
Malaysia. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure of GAMS, which explained for 60% of the variance. Additionally, the two-factor structure of GAMS
demonstrated good fit to data in the confirmatory factor analysis (TLI=.941, CFI=.958, RMSEA=.087, and χ2/ df = 4.615). Overall, the GAMS exhibited good internal
consistency (α = .901), which supports the reliability of the instrument. The significant relationships between GAMS and other constructs also provided evidences to the
convergent validity (r = .761, p < .001 with intent to marry, r = -.170, p < .001 with overt inter-parental conflict, and r = .523, p < .001 with mother-adolescent relationship).
Significant gender difference was found in the report of GAMS (t=-2.265, p<.05). Thus, the translated GAMS is a reliable, valid, and practical instrument to measure attitudes towards marriage among Malaysian adolescents in divorced family setting. |
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