Development And Determination Of Factor Structure And Reliability Of Mate Selection Attitudes Questionnaire Of Girls On The Verge Of Marriage

One of the issues that plays a major role in mate selection is one's attitudes toward mate selection and marriage. The purpose of this study was to construct and determine the factor structure and reliability of a suitable test for assessing attitudes of mate selection in girls on the verge of marriage. Statistical population was girls on the verge of marriage between 18 and 35 years old. The sample consisted of 15 girls on the verge of qualification and 350 girls on the verge of validation. They were selected by convenience sampling. The content analysis method was used at the time of questionnaire construction and 12 categories were identified: rationality and rationalism, realism, belief in self-knowledge, belief to another, compulsory cognitive relevance, necessity thinking of multiple readiness, belief in proportionality, multiple idealism, belief in the attitude of love is simply enough, excessive optimism, limiting choice and marriage, the way to avoid choice and marriage. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the factor structure of the questionnaire. The results showed that the questionnaire fits well with the field data and the assumed factor structure is confirmed. Reliability of the questionnaire constructed by efficient and dysfunctional beliefs was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Reliability coefficients were higher than 0.70 in all subscales and overall had good reliability (r = 0.94 in total). Therefore, it can be concluded that the designed questionnaire is a valid questionnaire for assessing girls' attitudes towards marriage and can be used in premarital counseling centers.