%0 Journal Article
%T Validation of the Gottman Negative Comparisons for Alternatives Scale
%A Jennifer P. Peluso
%A John M. Gottman
%A Julie S. Gottman
%A Paul R. Peluso
%A Robert Freund
%J The Family Journal
%@ 1552-3950
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1066480719843904
%X The present study was designed to revise a previous measure of the ¡°Negative Comparisons for Alternative Relationships¡± Scale originally developed by Rusbult and her colleagues. Rusbult¡¯s research of her investment model of commitment is the only research that has ever been successful at predicting sexual infidelity among heterosexual couples. The key variable in Rusbult¡¯s investment model is the negative comparison for alternative relationships, which will be called ¡°negative comps,¡± in the present article. A sample of 227 participants were recruited to validate a new scale based on Rusbult¡¯s approach. Validation with a Marital Satisfaction Scale, a measure of depression, a measure of anxiety, and an adult attachment measure. The new measure had excellent criterion and discriminant validity
%K couples
%K relationships
%K Gottman
%K negative comparison
%K attachment
%K infidelity
%K validation
%K instrument
%K scale
%K assessment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1066480719843904