Table 3.
Relationship quality with husband and mother-in-law
| Husband relationship quality | Mother-in-law relationship quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Range | Mean | sd | Range | |
| Commitment scale* | ||||||
| I expect my love for my current husband to last for the rest of my life | 2·73 | 0·66 | 0–3 | |||
| I can’t imagine ending my relationship with my current husband | 2·72 | 0·65 | 0–3 | |||
| I view my relationship with my current husband as permanent | 2·74 | 0·61 | 0–3 | |||
| I am committed to maintaining my relationship with my current husband | 2·70 | 0·60 | 0–3 | |||
| I have confidence in the stability of my relationship with my current husband | 2·65 | 0·63 | 0–3 | |||
| Overall | 13·5 | 2·77 | 0–15 | |||
| Trust scale* | ||||||
| My husband is primarily interested in his own welfare | 2·16 | 0·72 | 0–3 | |||
| There are times when my husband cannot be trusted | 2·00 | 0·78 | 0–3 | |||
| My husband is perfectly honest and truthful with me | 2·34 | 0·65 | 0–3 | |||
| I feel I can trust my husband/mother-in-law completely | 2·35 | 0·62 | 0–3 | 2·21 | 0·57 | 0–3 |
| My husband is truly sincere in his promises | 2·32 | 0·65 | 0–3 | |||
| I feel that my husband/mother-in-law does not show me enough consideration | 2·23 | 0·68 | 0–3 | 2·03 | 0·71 | 0–3 |
| My husband/mother-in-law treats me fairly and justly | 2·32 | 0·64 | 0–3 | 2·19 | 0·60 | 0–3 |
| I feel that my husband/mother-in-law can be counted on to help me | 2·39 | 0·63 | 0–3 | 2·20 | 0·60 | 0–3 |
| Overall | 18·1 | 4·14 | 0–24 | |||
| Satisfaction scale* | ||||||
| How often have you discuss or have you considered divorce, separation or termination your relationship? | 2·95 | 0·29 | 0–3 | |||
| How often do you or your husband leave the house after a fight? | 2·99 | 0·12 | 0–3 | |||
| In general, how often do you think that things between you and your husband/mother-in-law are going well? | 2·39 | 0·82 | 0–3 | 2·18 | 0·61 | 0–3 |
| Do you confide in your husband/mother-in-law? | 2·39 | 0·078 | 0–3 | 2·14 | 0·58 | 0–3 |
| Do you ever regret that you are married? | 2·85 | 0·54 | 0–3 | |||
| How often do you and your husband quarrel? | 2·87 | 0·48 | 0–3 | |||
| How often do you and your husband ‘get on each other’s nerves?’ | 2·09 | 0·67 | 0–3 | |||
| Please rate how happy you are in your relationship | 2·44 | 0·62 | 0–3 | 1·47 | 0·56 | 0–2 |
| Overall | 20·9 | 3·08 | 0–24 | |||
| Total relationship quality score (three scales combined)* | 52·6 | 8·79 | 0–63 | 14·4 | 3·53 | 0–20 |
*
Larger number indicates higher relationship quality.