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Positive and Negative Quality of Marriage Scale

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Name and Type of Measure

The Positive and Negative Quality in Marriage Scale (PANQIMS; Fincham & Linfield, 1997) is a self-report measure that elicits global evaluations of a spouse’s positive and negative attitudes about their spouse and their marriage.

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PN-QIMS; PNQIMS

Introduction

The factors that make an intimate relationship happy are distinct from the factors that make a relationship distressed. This can be observed empirically, such as through factor analytic findings that show separate positive and negative dimensions underlie relationship functioning (Orden & Bradburn, 1968). Despite variability in what determines these fluctuations in relationship quality, how favorably an individual evaluates his or her relationship is the ultimate criterion by which relationship quality is measured. Some researchers consider the satisfaction, adjustment, health, and well-being of intimate relationships to be the same construct.

Accordingly, there are several measures of relationship...

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  1. Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

    Allison M. McKinnon, Richard E. Mattson & Mathew D. Johnson

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  1. Allison M. McKinnon
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  2. Richard E. Mattson
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Correspondence to Richard E. Mattson .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay L. Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony L. Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Heather Pederson

  2. Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA

    Diana Semmelhack

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McKinnon, A.M., Mattson, R.E., Johnson, M.D. (2019). Positive and Negative Quality of Marriage Scale. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_401

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