The criterion validity of the waring intimacy questionnaire in a psychiatric inpatient sample

The Waring Intimacy Questionnaire (WIQ) is a 90-item self-report instrument for assessing the quality and quantity of marital intimacy. It provides a profile of the marital relationship on eight subscales as well as providing a Total Intimacy score. The WIQ is shown to have the internal structure pr...

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Published in:Journal of sex & marital therapy 1988-03, Vol.14 (1), p.63-73
Main Authors: Wood, Gary J., Barnes, Susan M., Waring, Edward M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Marriage
Middle Aged
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Sexual Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The Waring Intimacy Questionnaire (WIQ) is a 90-item self-report instrument for assessing the quality and quantity of marital intimacy. It provides a profile of the marital relationship on eight subscales as well as providing a Total Intimacy score. The WIQ is shown to have the internal structure predicted by its underlying conceptual model. In this study, it was administered to a psychiatric inpatient sample along with the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI), the Short Marital Adjustment Test (SMAT), and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). Results suggested that the WIQ demonstrated criterion validity with respect to these other instruments.
ISSN:0092-623X
1521-0715
DOI:10.1080/00926238808403907