TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Validation of the Assessment Inventory on Relationship Risks and Resources (AIRR)
AU - Leth-Nissen, Astrid Bjørn
AU - Fentz, Hanne Nørr
AU - Wellnitz, Kaare Bro
AU - Trillingsgaard, Tea
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate the psychometric structure of the Assessment Inventory on relationship Risks and Resources (AIRR), a multidimensional, yet brief, package of existing single-domain measures (relationship satisfaction, intimacy, trust, commitment, conflict strategies, reconciliation, coparenting, sexual satisfaction, and responsive attention). Background: In evidence-based approaches to couple interventions, a conceptualization of a couple's key issues and strengths is often an important clinical task. Method: A representative sample of 1,371 individuals, 18–69 years of age and cohabiting with a partner, completed the AIRR online. Initially, we randomly split the data in two halves. On the first split-half of data, we reduced the number of items, explored the psychometrics, and tested the internal validity of each scale separately as well as combined, using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. On the second half, we tested replicability of initial results. Results: After item reduction, each scale in the AIRR showed internal reliabilities (Cronbach's alphas) ranging from.72 to.94. Results confirmed a seven-factor structure of the 52-item package with the coparenting scale omitted. Conclusion and implications: Findings supported the AIRR as a reliable inventory that may effectively assist clinicians in the assessment of relationship risks and resources.
AB - Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate the psychometric structure of the Assessment Inventory on relationship Risks and Resources (AIRR), a multidimensional, yet brief, package of existing single-domain measures (relationship satisfaction, intimacy, trust, commitment, conflict strategies, reconciliation, coparenting, sexual satisfaction, and responsive attention). Background: In evidence-based approaches to couple interventions, a conceptualization of a couple's key issues and strengths is often an important clinical task. Method: A representative sample of 1,371 individuals, 18–69 years of age and cohabiting with a partner, completed the AIRR online. Initially, we randomly split the data in two halves. On the first split-half of data, we reduced the number of items, explored the psychometrics, and tested the internal validity of each scale separately as well as combined, using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. On the second half, we tested replicability of initial results. Results: After item reduction, each scale in the AIRR showed internal reliabilities (Cronbach's alphas) ranging from.72 to.94. Results confirmed a seven-factor structure of the 52-item package with the coparenting scale omitted. Conclusion and implications: Findings supported the AIRR as a reliable inventory that may effectively assist clinicians in the assessment of relationship risks and resources.
KW - AIRR
KW - brief assessment
KW - couples
KW - multidimensionality
KW - scale validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85186463529&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/fare.13007
DO - 10.1111/fare.13007
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0197-6664
VL - 73
SP - 2490
EP - 2509
JO - Family Relations
JF - Family Relations
IS - 4
ER -