The assessment of marital satisfaction: An evaluation of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale.

Investigated 2 critical issues underlying the clinical and research utility of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), a widely used self-report instrument for assessing marital satisfaction. A factor analysis of data from 219 female and 190 male parents is presented indicating support for 1 general dimension of satisfaction, rather than the 4 factors frequently used. Separate analyses of men's and women's data indicated that gender is an important variable in this field, and 1 that warrants further theoretical and empirical investigation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)