Abstract This study aimed to investigate which instruments have been used in marital quality research since 2005, and the concepts underlying each measure. We conducted a literature review in the following databases: PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, and BVS. The review included 91 studies investigating 21 instruments. Half of the scales were multidimensional, but the most used instruments were unidimensional, except for the DAS. Most measures had exploratory evidence of construct validity and did not provide a definition of the construct under evaluation. Theoretical development is needed to address the problem of largely subjective, empirically based measures. We suggest network models can help to develop new measures and to provide a fresh understanding of the construct and the dynamics of marital relations.

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婚姻质量评估：审查概念，工具和方法

摘要本研究旨在调查自2005年以来已在婚姻质量研究中使用了哪些工具，以及每种方法的基本概念。我们在以下数据库中进行了文献综述：PsycINFO，PubMed，Web of Science和BVS。审查包括91项研究，研究21种仪器。一半的量表是多维的，但最常用的仪器是一维的，除了DAS。大多数措施具有构建体有效性的探索性证据，并未提供评估对象的定义。需要理论上的发展来解决很大程度上是主观的，基于经验的措施的问题。我们建议网络模型可以帮助开发新的方法，并提供对婚姻关系的构造和动态的新理解。