The "Partnerschaftsfragebogen" (marital quality questionnaire): Psychometric norms and sociodemographic influences on partnership quality

The present study was conducted to test the psychometric quality of Hahlweg 's "Partnerschaftsfragebogen" (PFB). 1114 persons aged between 18 and 50 ye ars living in a partnership filled in the PFB. The results confirmed the th ree-dimensional structure of the questionnaire. However, the new norm value s were below those given in the test manual. Marital or partnership quality was lower with increasing age. Women compared with men reached higher valu es. The differences between the obtained norm values and those from the tes t manual are discussed with respect to selection effects of the original su bject sample. It is pointed out that it is necessary to define exactly the population under study with respect to the type of partnership, age, and se x.