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APPENDIX D

DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE

Persons have disagreements in their relationships. Please indicate below the approximate extent of
agreement or disagreement between you & your partner for each item on the following list. Tick
one answer for each item.

Almost Almost
Questions Always always Occasionally Frequently Alway
Agree Disagree Disagree always Disagi
agree disagree

1. Handling family finances


2. Matters of recreation

3. Religious matters

4. Demonstrations of affections

5. Friends

6. Sex relations
7. Conventionality (correct or proper
behaviour)
8. Philosophy of life
9. Ways of dealing with parents or in­
laws
10. Aims, goals, & things believed
important
11. Amount of spent together

12. Making major decisions

13. Households tasks

14. Leisure time interests & activities

15. Career decisions

All the Most of the More often Occasion­


Questions time time than not ally Rarely Nev

16. How often do you discuss or have


you considered divorce, separation or
termination of your relationship?

17. How often do you or your mate


leave the house after a fight?
18. In general, how often do you think
that things between you & your partner
are going well?

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19. Do you confide in your mate?

20. Do you ever regret that you married


(or lived together)
■‘■l ■ How often do you & your partner
quarrel?

“■ 1 lClVv olteii do you & your mate get


on each other's nerves?

Questions Everyday Almost


everyday Occasionally Rarely Never
23. Do you kiss your mate?

Questions All of them Most of them Very few None of


Some of them
24. Do you & your mate engage in
outside interests together?

Questions Less than once Once or Once or Once


Never twice a twice More
a month a day
month a week often
How often do the following occur between you & your mate?

25. Have a stimulating exchange of ideas

26. Laugh together

27. Calmly discuss something

28. Work together on a project

These are something about which couples sometimes agree or disagree. Indicate if either item caused
differences of opinions or were problems in the past few weeks.

Questions Yes No
29. Being too tired for sex

30. Not showing love

31; Th" StarS °" the following rePresent different degrees of happiness in your relationship. The middle
point, “HAPPY” represents the degree of happiness of most relationships. Tick the box in the phrase
which best describe the degree of happiness & all things considered of your relationship.

Extremely Fairly A little


unhappy Unhappy Happy Very happy Extremely
unhappy happy Perfect

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32. Which of the following statements best describes how you feel about the future of your relationship?
Circle die letter for one statement

A I want desperately for my relationship to succeed, & would go to almost any.length to see that it
does.
B 1 want veiy much for my relationship to succeed, & will do all I can to see that it does.
C I want very much for my relationship to succeed, & will do my fair share to see that it does.
D it would be nice if my relationship succeeded, but I can't do much more than I am doing now to
keep the relationship going.
E It would be nice if it succeeded, but I refuse to do any more than I am doing now to keep the
relationship going.
F My relationship can never succeed, & there is no more that I can do to keep the relationship
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