커플의사소통척도(CCI: Couple Communication Inventory) 개발에 관한 연구 = Development and Validation of the Couple Communication Inventory(CCI)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The main purpose of this study was to develope a culturally sensitive communication scale for Korean couples. Although Korean scholars have used communication related scales for many years, they are usually developed and verified by scholars in other countries. They have been used the translated and/or modified scales in order to fit them into their research objectives. The study was conducted in three steps of scale development: first, 335 items regarding couple communication were collected from master program students which reduced to 76 items; second, 76-item survey was sent to 10 professionals in order to determine their fitness as proper items for measuring couple communication and the subarea they belong in communication which resulted in 26-item scale; and third, factor analysis of the scale which rendered 16 one-factor communication scale. Second part of the study was to obtain the scale`s reliability and validity. The study result showed that the newly developed Couple Communication Inventory(CCI) has face validity, construct(convergent and discriminant) validity and reliability(Cronbach`s a=.916). Implications and suggestions for further research were presented.