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- Title
Locke-Wallace Short Marital-Adjustment Test: Psychometric Evaluation in Caregivers for Persons With Primary Malignant Brain Tumor.
- Authors
Yun Jiang; Terhorst, Lauren; Donovan, Heidi S.; Weimer, Jason M.; Chien-Wen J. Choi; Schulz, Richard; Given, Barbara; Sherwood, Paula R.
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: Caregivers’ well-being has been found to be associated with marital adjustment. This study’s purpose was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Locke-Wallace Short Marital-Adjustment Test (LWSMAT) in a sample of caregivers of persons with primary malignant brain tumor (PMBT). Methods: Secondary analysis of data collected from 114 caregivers. The LWSMAT was tested for factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and construct validity. Results: 5 extracted factors explained 60.55% of the total variance. Four interpretable factors (Contentment & Communication, Leisure & Sociality, Intimacy, and Shared Philosophy) had Cronbach’s alpha between 0.63 and 0.74. Convergent validity (r = −2.35 and r = −2.43, respectively, both p < .0001) and discriminant validity (r = .07, p = .49; and r = −.04, p = .67) were confirmed by comparing four factors with subdimensions of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA). Conclusion: The LWSMAT is a multidimensional, reliable, and valid measure of marital adjustment in caregivers of persons with a PMBT.
- Subjects
BRAIN tumors; MARRIAGE &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; STATISTICAL correlation; DISCRIMINANT analysis; EXPERIMENTAL design; FACTOR analysis; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH evaluation; PSYCHOLOGY of Spouses; SECONDARY analysis; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 3, p502
- ISSN
1061-3749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/1061-3749.21.3.502