Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Marital Conflicts Counseling MotivationScale Women on the Verge of Divorce

One of the main ways to reduce the divorce is to use marital conflict counseling services. However, most of the women on the verge of divorce have no incentive for counseling. Determining these types of women on the verge of divorce and motivating them to counsel, the present study aimed to provide a motivation scale for counseling in women on the verge of divorce. The research method was survey. The population consisted of all women on the verge of divorce in Hamedan province in 2019. The sampling method was purposeful and the samples were selected from the cities of Hamedan, Asadabad, and Bahar. The sample size was 291 subjects. To determine the factor analysis and validity of the construct of psychometric properties of the motivation scale for marital conflict counseling, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used. Performing the exploratory factor analysis using principal variables, varimax rotation, and final extraction, three factors of expectation, tools, and value were obtained. They explicated a total of 78.94 of the total variance of the scale items. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the subscales of expectation was estimated as 0.95, for value as 0.94, and for the total score of the scale as 0.95, indicating good reliability of the items. The confirmatory factor analysis and its indicators demonstrated good fitting of the scale, and confirmed the correlation between items and the construct in this three-factor model.

according to the results of the present study, it can be said that this version of motivation scale for marital conflict counseling in women on the verge of divorce has sufficient validity and reliability and can be used in various situations of marital conflict counseling and research activities.