Development and empirical test of the research‐informed South African Relationship Functioning Assessment (SARFA)

IF 1.8 4区心理学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1111/pere.12522

Jennifer M. Belus, Abigail C. Hines, Jessica F. Magidson, Derek K. Iwamoto, Alexandra L. Rose, Alison Li, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Alastair van Heerden

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Abstract

Abstract Intimate partners play an important role in chronic diseases. Despite the chronic disease burden in sub‐Saharan Africa, very few culturally relevant quantitative measures of intimate relationship functioning are available. We conducted an empirical investigation evaluating the psychometric properties of the South African Relationship Functioning Assessment (SARFA) assessing healthy relationship functioning in N = 150 community members (50% women; M age = 27.2 years) living in the Vulindlela area of KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa. Item development was based on prior qualitative research from two South African communities. All assessments were conducted in isiZulu, participants' primary language. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the initial 39‐item measure. The best‐fitting model consisted of one factor with 22 items. The SARFA's internal consistency was α = .94. Convergent validity was observed via significant positive associations (all r s ≥ .38, p < .001) between the SARFA's total score and measures of trust, emotional intimacy, constructive communication, sexual satisfaction, and relationship control (women only). Divergent validity was observed for women only. Encouraging initial psychometric properties of a culturally relevant measure of relationship functioning in KwaZulu‐Natal may have relevance to other communities and potential to be used in research involving couples and health in chronic disease‐burdened communities.

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南非关系功能评估(SARFA)的发展与实证检验

亲密伴侣在慢性疾病中起着重要的作用。尽管撒哈拉以南非洲存在慢性疾病负担，但很少有与文化相关的亲密关系功能定量测量方法。我们进行了一项实证调查，评估了南非关系功能评估(SARFA)的心理测量特性，评估了N = 150名社区成员(50%女性;(年龄= 27.2岁)，生活在南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的Vulindlela地区。项目开发是基于先前来自两个南非社区的定性研究。所有的评估都是用参与者的主要语言isiZulu进行的。对最初的39项测量进行了探索性因素分析。最佳拟合模型由一个因子和22个项目组成。SARFA的内部一致性为α = 0.94。通过显著的正相关观察到收敛效度(r s≥0.38,p <.001)在信任、情感亲密度、建设性沟通、性满意度和关系控制(仅限女性)之间存在差异。发散效度仅在女性中观察到。夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省关系功能的文化相关测量的初始心理测量特性的鼓励可能与其他社区相关，并有可能用于涉及慢性疾病负担社区的夫妻和健康的研究。

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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Multiple-

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2.40

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6.20%

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期刊介绍： Personal Relationships, first published in 1994, is an international, interdisciplinary journal that promotes scholarship in the field of personal relationships using a wide variety of methodologies and throughout a broad range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, communication studies, anthropology, family studies, child development, social work, and gerontology. The subject matter and approach of Personal Relationships will be of interest to researchers, teachers, and practitioners. Manuscripts examining a wide range of personal relationships, including those between romantic or intimate partners, spouses, parents and children, siblings, classmates, coworkers, neighbors, and friends are welcome.