Construction and validation of distrust motives instrument among young couples

In terms of the method of data collection, the method used was descriptive (non-experimental) and correlational designs, and specifically exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The research population was all young couples of Ahvaz city, which was done in two stages of sampling, the first stage is based on the validation of the tool for measuring mistrust motives among young couples, and the second stage is based on the statistical population. In order to select a suitable sample from the city of Ahvaz with an unlimited population, the sample size was first determined and then selected based on the random sampling method. The necessary sample size was determined using Cochran\'s sampling formula in the first stage of 40 people (20 couples) and in the second stage of 384 people (192 couples). To collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire with ... items was used. SPSS version 22 computer software was used to analyze the research data. In addition, the level of significance in this research was determined as α = 0.05. Finally, the correlation level of individual factors was 0.770, family factors were 0.799, cognitive-psychological factors were 0.844, and marital life factors were 0.732. The validity of the research was done through construct validity, which was shown between 0.731 and 0.833. The factors questionnaire of the current research has the overall validity of the elements of 0.78.3 and the rest of the variables between 0.76.9 and 0.85.4.