Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale.
KMSS / KMS
- What it measures
- Global marital/relationship satisfaction (satisfaction with the marriage, the spouse/partner, and the relationship)
- Length and format
- 3 items. 7-point (extremely dissatisfied to extremely satisfied) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Multiple languages (used internationally, e.g., Persian validations)
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Schumm, W. R., et al. (1986). Concurrent and discriminant validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48(2), 381-387.
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