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The Psychosocial Intimacy Questionnaire: Validational Studies and an Investigation of Sex Roles

Stephanie A. Tesch

Rider College, USA

The purpose of the present research was to develop an easily administered measure of intimacy that could apply to several types of relationships in adolescents and adults. In a set of four survey studies, the sixty-item Psychosocial Intimacy Questionnaire (PIQ) was found to have high internal consistency (alpha = 0.97) and good test-retest stability over a three-week interval, r = 0.84. Correlations with other measures provided evidence for convergent and discriminant validity of the PIQ. Factor analysis indicated that psychosocial intimacy may be a function of romantic love, supportiveness and communication ease. Intimacy level of heterosexual relationships in young adults appears to be more affected by partners' feminine qualities than by sex-typing or androgyny.

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 2, No. 4, 471-488 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407585024007
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