The Development of Role Norm Scale for the Same-sex Couples’ Partnerships

• Main Authors: LU, TING, 魯婷
• Other Authors: CHIU, FA-CHUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43737408565442367438

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 心理輔導學系 === 104 === The purpose of this study was to develop the role norm scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships and examine the reliability and validity of it. First, this study generalized six role norm dimensions for the same-sex couples’ partnerships from the past references – partnership operation, domestic work division, financial management, parental role, family relationship, and interpersonal relationship. Moreover, this study invited 14 homosexuals to write down 5 behaviors severally that they consider them should or should not be done by themselves and partners through open-ended questionnaire, and then classified the questionnaire data. The dimensions, which came from references and open-ended questionnaire, generalized six role norm dimensions for the same-sex couples’ partnerships, such as partnership operation, domestic work and financial management, family relationship, autonomic space, self-identity and respect, emotion management and intimate violence, and then edited the scale items. Continually, this study invited 3 experts, who concerned about LGBT issues and marriage partnership, to compile the pretest scale items and form the role norm pretest scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships, while there were 144 items in the scale preliminarily. As for item analysis, this study invited 102 participants, who identify their sexual orientation as the same sex and have experiences of interacting with the same sex, to fill in the internet questionnaire of the role norm pretest scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships. After cancelling items by item analysis, this study formed the role norm official scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships. Finally, there were 60 items in the scale. In the research of reliability and validity, this study invited 589 participants, who identify their sexual orientation as the same sex and have experiences of interacting with the same sex, to fill in the internet questionnaire of the role norm official scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships. As the reliability, the Cronbach’s α value of each dimension in this scale is between .61 and .77, belonging to passable to good level. Meanwhile, as the validity, this study utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to do confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), using preliminary fit criteria, overall model fit and fit of internal structure of model to estimate parameters. Except few parameters, most of parameters achieved the model fit, representing the good fit of the model in this scale in construct modeling, and the construct validity was supported. Accordingly, this study formed the role norm scale for the same-sex couples’ partnerships with reliability and validity, and the scale will be adapted for counseling practice.