Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS)
The relationship between attitudes and behaviour is largely defined by intentions. The stronger the intention to engage in a behaviour, the greater the likelihood that attitudes will predict that behaviour. In order to predict cohabitation behaviour, both cohabitation attitudes and intentions must b...
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| author | Angela A. Gyasi-Gyamerah Christabel Quansah Christopher M. Amissah Kwasi Gyasi-Gyamerah |
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| description | The relationship between attitudes and behaviour is largely defined by intentions. The stronger the intention to engage in a behaviour, the greater the likelihood that attitudes will predict that behaviour. In order to predict cohabitation behaviour, both cohabitation attitudes and intentions must be measured. However, to the best of our knowledge, there appears to be a lack of standardized instruments that measure cohabitation intentions and only a few that measure cohabitation attitudes. We therefore set out to develop and validate a Cohabitation Intentions Scale (CIS) in Ghana. The CIS was developed and validated with an existing Cohabitation Attitudes Scale (CAS). The validation process was conducted in two phases: phase I with 226 respondents and phase II with 245 respondents, both from one of the public universities in Ghana. The phase I results necessitated changes to the wording of three items in the CAS and modifications to the rating scales for both the CIS and the CAS. The final instruments contained six items each which were rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Overall, the CIS and the CAS were found to be highly reliable and valid instruments in the Ghanaian context. These findings suggest that the new CIS can be used to measure cohabitation intentions alongside the CAS which measures cohabitation attitudes, and may predict future cohabitation behaviour. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-89494cf07cd5454fb8c2da17f6029ef62025-08-20T01:59:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082024-12-0111110.1080/23311908.2024.2304923Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS)Angela A. Gyasi-Gyamerah0Christabel Quansah1Christopher M. Amissah2Kwasi Gyasi-Gyamerah3Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaDepartment of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaGraduate Program in Psychometrics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USACIEE, Accra, GhanaThe relationship between attitudes and behaviour is largely defined by intentions. The stronger the intention to engage in a behaviour, the greater the likelihood that attitudes will predict that behaviour. In order to predict cohabitation behaviour, both cohabitation attitudes and intentions must be measured. However, to the best of our knowledge, there appears to be a lack of standardized instruments that measure cohabitation intentions and only a few that measure cohabitation attitudes. We therefore set out to develop and validate a Cohabitation Intentions Scale (CIS) in Ghana. The CIS was developed and validated with an existing Cohabitation Attitudes Scale (CAS). The validation process was conducted in two phases: phase I with 226 respondents and phase II with 245 respondents, both from one of the public universities in Ghana. The phase I results necessitated changes to the wording of three items in the CAS and modifications to the rating scales for both the CIS and the CAS. The final instruments contained six items each which were rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Overall, the CIS and the CAS were found to be highly reliable and valid instruments in the Ghanaian context. These findings suggest that the new CIS can be used to measure cohabitation intentions alongside the CAS which measures cohabitation attitudes, and may predict future cohabitation behaviour.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311908.2024.2304923Cohabitationattitudesintentionsinstrument developmentGhanaDaryl O’Connor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| spellingShingle | Angela A. Gyasi-Gyamerah Christabel Quansah Christopher M. Amissah Kwasi Gyasi-Gyamerah Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS) Cogent Psychology Cohabitation attitudes intentions instrument development Ghana Daryl O’Connor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| title | Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS) |
| title_full | Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS) |
| title_fullStr | Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS) |
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| title_short | Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS) |
| title_sort | development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale cis |
| topic | Cohabitation attitudes intentions instrument development Ghana Daryl O’Connor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
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