The development, validation, and standardization of the panukat ng kasiyahan sa buhay may asawa (PKBA) .

• Main Authors: Atienza, Cristina, See, Mindy, Torio, Nelda Erynn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2001
• Subjects: Sex in marriage; Marriage; Human Factors Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10335
• Institution: De La Salle University

The objective of this study was to explore the different factors that determine the level of marital satisfaction and at the same time construct Panukat ng Kasiyahan sa Buhay May Asawa (PKBA). Communication, conflict resolution, financial handling, marital roles, sexual relationship, and togetherness were the six factors established from the test. From the initial item pool of 337 items, only 315 items were retained after being reviewed, in terms of clarity and relevance by two experts. The 315 items retained after the item review were then tested to 50 Filipino married individuals for the first try-out. The 163 items retained ater the item analysis were tested to 300 middle-aged Filipino married individuals, 150 males and 150 females belonging to the middle socio-economic status and have three to five children. The data gathered from the respondents were statistically analyzed items that do not meet the cut off of .3 were discarded. The final PKBA consists of 90 items. Reliability and validity of these items were analyzed using coefficient alpha formula and factor analysis, respectively. A reliability coefficient of .7 was set for each scale this was attained. For the factor analysis, only three factors became evident in the 6-factor domains namely togetherness, marital roles, and financial handling. Finally, norm tables were constructed for each of the six factors.