PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE KANSAS MARITAL SATISFACTION SCALE

The Chinese version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (C-KMS) w as administered to 91 maritally ''adjusted'' and 81 maritally ''maladj usted'' adults. along with other instruments assessing marital adjustm ent (the Chinese Dyadic Adjustment Scale) and marital expectations (th e Chinese Marital Comparison Level Index). The C-KMS was found to have high internal consistency as a scale and the C-KMS scores were observ ed to correlate substantially with measures of marital adjustment and marital expectation but not significantly with measures not expected t o be related to marriage. The results also showed that there were sign ificant differences between the maritally ''adjusted'' and the ''malad justed'' groups of subjects in terms of C-KMS scores. The present data show that the C-KMS has acceptable reliability and validity status an d that it can be used as an objective tool in assessing marital satisf action in the Chinese context.