CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCALE TO MEASURE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS COHABITATION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

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Mridula Kulkarni , Nandini , Monisha , Ipshita Battacharya

cohabitation,young adults,attitude, reliability and validity.

The aim of the study was to construct a scale to measure the attitude towards cohabitation among young adults. This study is centered on investigating the attitudes and mindsets of individuals during their adolescent and young adulthood years with regard to cohabitation.The study operationally defined young adults as individuals in the age group 18-25 years. Item generation was predominantly based on literature review,theoretical frameworks and previous empirical research.. The items had a forced-choice response format with a 5-point Likert scale, with the following options – Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral,Disagree and Strongly Disagree . Initial item pool consisted of 100 survey items that were generated based on this review. The test items were subject to evaluation and refinement under the guidance of an expert. This process led to a reduction of the items to 60. Based on a total of 4 experts' validation 25 items were retained in the final version of the test. Subsequently, data was collected from a sample of 370 young adults consisting of male and females belonging to the age group of 18-25 years.Descriptive statistics and Factor analysis were used to evaluate the sample population Cronbach Alpha test was used to evaluate the internal consistency of the scale and the reliability index was —.After factor analysis this was reduced to 20 items falling into 5 different components.The results show that more than a half of the respondents believe that a couple can live together even if they do not intend to get married, that it is advisable to live together before marriage to determine the compliance of future spouses, that cohabitation is not associated with subsequent marital dissatisfaction, infidelity or divorce, that people who are more liberal and less religious, and they perceive it as a usual way of starting the first union and as trial marriage. This new scale introduces a structured approach that bridges this gap by providing a standardized and quantifiable measure for assessing attitudes towards cohabitation, thereby reducing the need for further research.

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Mridula Kulkarni, Nandini, Monisha, & Ipshita Battacharya (January-2024). CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCALE TO MEASURE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS COHABITATION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(1), a81-a107. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2401007.pdf

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