Kanth D Barani, Indumathy J
Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.
Department of Applied Psychology, Rajiv Gandhinational Institute of Youth Development, Sriperambudur, India.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jul 11;13(1):780. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02799-6.
Given the wide gap in cultural values and practices between Indian and Western cultural contexts, there is a need for culturally validated measurement instruments in couple and family relationships for use in India. To that end, the current study aimed to translate the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) into Tamil and examine its psychometric properties and validity in a sample of married couples from India. Using standard dyadic design-data were collected from both husbands and wives-this study involved 340 married heterosexual couples (N = 680) in India. The confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that both the first- and second-order, four-factor structures with 21 items of the Tamil version of the DAS (DAS-T) fit the data well. Additionally, the multigroup analysis indicated that the factor structure, item loadings, item means, and residual variances were invariant across the dyad (husbands and wives), type of marriage (love and arranged), and type of family (nuclear and joint). The DAS-T also showed satisfactory convergent and divergent validity with other constructs, such as dyadic coping, communication patterns, and relationship satisfaction. In addition to research on marital adjustment in Indian context, the DAS-T can be used in counseling settings involving marital and romantic relationships.
鉴于印度和西方文化背景在文化价值观和实践方面存在巨大差距，在印度，夫妻和家庭关系中需要经过文化验证的测量工具。为此，本研究旨在将二元调适量表（DAS）翻译成泰米尔语，并在印度已婚夫妇样本中检验其心理测量特性和效度。采用标准二元设计，从丈夫和妻子双方收集数据，本研究涉及印度的340对已婚异性夫妇（N = 680）。验证性因素分析结果表明，泰米尔语版DAS（DAS-T）的一阶和二阶四因素结构（共21个项目）与数据拟合良好。此外，多组分析表明，因素结构、项目载荷、项目均值和残差方差在二元组（丈夫和妻子）、婚姻类型（自由恋爱和包办婚姻）以及家庭类型（核心家庭和联合家庭）之间是不变的。DAS-T与二元应对、沟通模式和关系满意度等其他构念也显示出令人满意的收敛效度和区分效度。除了在印度背景下进行婚姻调适研究外，DAS-T还可用于涉及婚姻和浪漫关系的咨询环境。
