「結婚観尺度」の作成

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for measuring view of marriageamong young people and to examine the reliability and validity of the scale. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using self-administrated questionnaire was conducted onFebruary 2005 among 368 unmarried university students between the ages from 18 to 24 in Okinawa.The 25-items were developed via a literature study and in-depth interview university students. RESULT: As a result of the factor analysis, 6 factors and 22-items; life enrichment throughchildren (4-items), interest in marriage (4-items), happy family (3-items), sense of sacrifice and burden(5-items), marriage life contentment (3-items), independence (3-items) were extracted. It was shown that the Marriage-oriented scale was internally consistent from Cronbach's Alphas of .75. As for the validity, internal validity was supported as the score of sacrifice and burden correlated negatively with other 5 factors. The factor was constituted 5-items which meant negative attitude for marriage. The construct validity was supported as the score of ATM-scale and each factor correlated positively with 2 subjective criteria for marriage and the means of ATM-scale were significantly higher with 2 other criteria about attitude toward marriage. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support that the ATM-scale has sufficient reliability and validity. It suggests the importance of evaluation from various aspects for the view of marriage.