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Internal Structure of Marital Instability Index : Empirical evidence in Indonesian context
Last modified: 2018-08-10
Abstract
The number of divorces in Indonesia continued to increase each year. It need effort to overcome. Measurement of proneness to divorce could help to arrange an effective intervention. This study investigated the internal structure of Marital Instability Index (MII) in Indonesian form. MII long version was a 14-items scale divided in two dimensions: cognitive and action. MII short version was a five items scale. Participants in this study were 81 heterosexual couples (N═162) with average marriage’s age 16.6 years, and all had minimum 1 children. Confirmatory Factor Analyzed using Lisrell 9.3 revealed that MII-Indonesian form in short version had a good fit model with the original one. It also had strong reliability. For the long version, the model only had moderately internal structure. Implications and suggestions for research use and clinical practice were discussed. Key words : proneness to divorce, psychometric properties, Indonesian form
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