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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 23, No. 6, 881-899 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506070471

Measuring respect in close relationships

Susan S. Hendrick

Texas Tech University, susan.hendrick{at}ttu.edu

Clyde Hendrick

Texas Tech University

We developed a brief rating scale to measure participants’ respect for their romantic partner. Factor analyses (including confirmatory factor analysis) and correlations of Study 1 (N = 257 college participants) data provided initial validation of a 6-item scale entitled the Respect Toward Partner Scale. The scale correlated with several love and sexual attitudes, relationship satisfaction, commitment, and self-disclosure, as hypothesized. Study 2 (N = 214 college participants) employed this new scale, the other measures used in Study 1, and Frei and Shaver’s (2002) Respect for Partner Scale. The two respect measures were correlated; other results were largely consistent with Study 1. Study 3 largely replicated previous results, but with an older, nonstudent sample (N = 236). Respect merits increased attention in future relationship research.

Key Words: love styles • relationship satisfaction • Respect Scale • sexual attitudes

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