Development of Marriage Anxiety Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

The purpose of the study is to develop the Marriage Anxiety Scale (MAS) which can be used to assess the marriage anxiety of individuals. Data collected from single individuals. This research consisted of 369 volunteer participants, comprising 135 men and 264 women, the content validity, concurrent validity, and the construct validity was used to examine the validity of the scale. The expert’s opinion is applied for content validity. The explanatory factor analysis was used to assess construct validity. The criterion validity is assessed by examining the correlation of the MAS with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Internal consistency coefficient and test-retest methods were used to determine the reliability level of the scale. Moreover, corrected item-total correlation was examined for item analyses. Findings showed that the scale has good psychometric properties of content validity, criterion validity, construct validity, internal consistency reliability, and test–retest reliability. The corrected item total correlation level of all items acceptable. These results show that the Marriage Anxiety Scale is a valid and reliable instrument