Psychometric Validation of Trust, Commitment, and Satisfaction Scales to Measure Marital Relationship Quality Among Newly Married Women in Nepal.

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Hannah H Leslie

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lakshmi GopalakrishnanInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St., Floor 3, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3226-9090

Nadia Diamond-SmithInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St., Floor 3, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

Hannah H LeslieDivision of Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St., Floor 3, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7464-3645

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The impact of group-based life skills and health empowerment for young, married, women to avoid unintended pregnancies in India.R01HD108252 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NADIA GRIFFI DIAMOND-SMITH · 2022 to 2026

$3.0M

Understanding the role of gender inequality and food insecurity on maternal and child healthK01HD086281 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DIAMOND-SMITH, NADIA GRIFFI · 2016 to 2020

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NICHD NIH HHS K01 HD086281NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD108252NIH HHS 1K01HD086281-05

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Abstract

Marital relationship quality significantly influences health outcomes, but validated measurement tools for South Asian populations remain limited. To validate scales measuring trust, commitment, and satisfaction as key components of marital relationship quality among newly married women in Nepal, we conducted a two-wave psychometric validation study in rural Nawalparasi district. The study included 200 newly married women aged 18-25 years, with 192 participants (96% retention) completing 6-month follow-up. We assessed factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity of trust (eight items), commitment (five items), and satisfaction (seven items) scales using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis identified single-factor solutions for trust and commitment scales and a two-factor model for satisfaction. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed these structures, with satisfaction comprising marital conflict/dissatisfaction (four items) and general satisfaction (two items) subscales. All scales demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's α: 0.79-0.96) and significant criterion validity correlations with relationship happiness (r = 0.63-0.72,

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MarriagePersonal SatisfactionPsychometricsTrustAdolescentAdultFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansNepalReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultmarital qualitymarital relationship qualitymarriage and healthNepalnewly married couplespsychometric validationscale developmentSouth Asia

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PMID41007600

DOI10.3390/ijerph22091457

PMCPMC12469632

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