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Tiêu đề

The relational health indices: A study of women's relationships

Tác giả

Liang B.; Tracy A.; Taylor C.A.; Williams L.M.; Jordan J.V.; Miller J.B.

Năm xuất bản

2002

Source title

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Số trích dẫn

105

DOI

10.1111/1471-6402.00040

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0036004928&doi=10.1111%2f1471-6402.00040&partnerID=40&md5=fcbb842f4b94b83ca4b9d77c18e61bf1

Tóm tắt

A new measure of women's relationships, the Relational Health Indices (RHI), comprises three scales that assess growth-fostering connections with peers, mentors, and communities. The RHI was developed using the Relational Model (Jordan, Kaplan, Miller, Stiver, Surrey, 1991; Miller & Stiver, 1997), a theory of women's psychological development. The 37-item measure assesses three conceptual dimensions of growth-fostering relationships: engagement, authenticity, and empowerment/zest. This study examined the psychometric properties of the RHI with a group of 450 students at a women's liberal arts college, providing evidence for the reliability, validity, and utility of the new measure. The factor analyses confirmed a three-subscale structure: engagement, authenticity, empowerment/zest. The RHI's components generally demonstrate good overall internal consistency: Furthermore, associations between RHI scales and convergent validation scales were significant and in the direction hypothesized. Correlations with adjustment scales varied across the RHI components. The RHI has potential for enriching our understanding of important, subtle qualities and complex dynamics of both dyadic and group relationships, especially among women. The instalment is available for use by researchers interested in continuing the scale and theory development.

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