The Unidimensional Relationship Closeness Scale (URCS): Reliability and Validity Evidence for a New Measure of Relationship Closeness
- Authors
- Hee Sun Park; Timothy Roland Levine
- Issue Date
- 9월-2012
- Publisher
- AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
- Citation
- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, v.24, no.3, pp.565 - 572
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- SSCI
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- Journal Title
- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 565
- End Page
- 572
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/84534
- ISSN
- 10403590
- Abstract
- A fundamental dimension along which all social and personal relationships vary is closeness. The Unidimensional Relationship Closeness Scale (URCS) is a 12-item self-report scale measuring the closeness of social and personal relationships. The reliability and validity of the URCS were assessed with college dating couples (N = 192), female friends and strangers (N = 330), friends (N = 170), and family members (N = 155). The results show that the scale is unidimensional, with high reliability across relationship types (M alpha = .96). Evidence consistent with validity included substantial within-couple agreement for the romantic couples (intraclass correlation = .41), substantial friend stranger discrimination for the female friends (eta(2) = .82), and measurement invariance across relationship types. Evidence of convergent and divergent validity was obtained for inclusion of other in the self and relational satisfaction, respectively.
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