Marital Adjustment Test
The Marital Adjustment Test ( MAT ) is a method of empirical social research . It is designed to measure satisfaction within a marriage or long-term relationship.
The test was developed by the social researchers Harvey Locke and Karl Wallace in 1959. They built on numerous similar tests that had been made since the late 1920s. These tests sometimes consisted of several hundred questions and were accordingly extensive in their answers and evaluation. In order to develop a more practicable process, Wallace and Locke selected 15 subject areas that broadly cover the different areas of a long-term relationship or marriage. The test can be answered in 10 minutes by a person with reading skills at secondary school level. It contains both multiplce-choice questions and questions about values on a scale from 1 to 6 or 1 to 7.
Due to its widespread use in practice, it is considered to be an example of the second generation of shorter tests in couple counseling . In addition to the Dyadic Adjustment Scale , it is also probably the most important social science measuring instrument for long-term partner relationships . The content of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale from 1976 is based on the MAT. It was also used as a yardstick by which other authors compared their own tests at least until the 1980s.
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- ^ A b Norman Fredman, Robert Sherman: Handbook of measurements for marriage and family therapy Psychology Press, 1987 ISBN 0876304668 pp. 46-49
- ^ A b Theodore Jacob, Daniel L. Tennenbaum: Family assessment: rationale, methods, and future directions Springer, 1988 ISBN 0306427559 pp. 31–32