ASSESSMENT OF THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE ROMANTIC RELATIONAL INVENTORY: A MEASURE OF THE DEGREE OF ADAPTIVENENESS WITHIN THE DECLARATIVE ASPECTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONAL SCHEMA Grix, Bethany A measure was developed to quantify an individual’s romantic relational schema, after conducting a literature review of the variables to which it was related. The measure was designed to assess comprehensively the dimensions and degree of adaptiveness within this important construct. This new measure, the Romanic Relational Inventory (RRI), was subject to psychometric analyses and a final 93 item measure was derived from the factor analyses on 104 original items. The RRI was shown to be a reliable and valid measure of the descriptive components of romantic relational schema as demonstrated by the measures of external validity and reliability analyses. A series of Experimental Factor Analyses suggested that the initial single factor hypothesized domains were supported (i.e., Relationship Components; Expectations of Relationship Behaviors; Partner Components, which included two sub-domains: Partner Traits and the Congruence of Self with Other; and Global Perceptions of Romantic Relationships). The results suggest that the RRI may be a reliable and valid multidimensional measure, with distinct yet overlapping dimensions or sub-constructs. M.S. in Psychology, December 2011 Mitchell, M. Ellen 2011-11-28 2011-12 Thesis application/pdf islandora:6549 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2567 PSYCH / Institute of Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology en In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access