Relationship problems can be complex and confusing phenomena for both couples and couple therapists. Establishing a shared problem formulation is a first key element in evidence-based approaches to couple therapy. For this purpose, we need broad-scope but brief, low-cost and valid assessment tools that can be adapted to the specific context and population of couples. The AIRR (Assessment Inventory on relationship Risk and Resources) is such a tool that includes measures of overall quality (e.g. relationship satisfaction, commitment, trust, intimacy), and measures of adaptive processes (e.g. communication, conflict solution, co-parenting, sex-life) that are important signs of what to work with in practice. The AIRR has been adapted for use in both research and practice, including the Marriage Checkup where the concrete couple’s scores on risk and resources automatically generates an interpretable feedback report including norm-group comparisons. Today the AIRR is available in both English and Danish (as the only tool of its kind available in a Scandinavian language).

The aim of this project is to validate the AIRR using data from a large representative community sample of 1337 adults (18-69 years of age) cohabitating with a partner. We evaluate the psychometrics of the scales in AIRR using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results will contribute to the evidence base of the AIRR and are expected to be published in 2021. Keywords: Couples, multidimensional assessment, feedback report, scale validation.

Head of Project:

Astrid Bjørn Leth-Nissen. 

Other associates:

Tea Trillingsgaard (supervisor), Hanne Nørr Fentz (co-supervisor), Kaare Bro Wellnitz (counsellor of statistical analyses).