Multi-Dimensional Standard Measurement of the level of Marital Relationship in Saudi Society

Abstract

The objective of this study was to produce a standardized measurement scale of marital relations using a random sample of Saudi married couples.  The study adhered to the traditional scientific paradigm where a quantitative research method is employed to reveal the construction of the scale. The study sample consisted of (1339) individuals.  The measurement scale is defined by the following five axes to the marital relationship: [1] the axis of the social relationship, [2] the axis of intellectual relationship, [3] the axis of the emotional relationship, [4] the axis of the sexual relationship, and [5] the axis of the behavioral relationship.  The reliability of the internal consistency of the scale as a whole was (0.87), which indicated that the scale has a high degree of reliability. The level of marital relationship as a whole among members of Saudi society was high, with a mean of (4.06). While the dimensions came in the following order: the behavioral relationship was in the first rank, with a mean of  (4.36), then the sexual relationship was in the second rank, with a mean of (4.09), then the social relationship was in the third rank, with a mean of (4.00), then the emotional relationship was in the fourth rank, with a mean of (3.87). Finally, the intellectual relationship with a mean of (3.84).