Assessment of Feelings Toward Partner
O'Leary, K. D., Turkewitz, H., & Fincham,
F. (1983). Assessment of positive feelings
toward spouse. Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 949-951.
Below is a list of 17 questions about various feelings between married people. Answer each one of them in terms of how you generally feel about your spouse taking into account the last few months. The rating you choose should reflect how you actually feel, not how you think you should feel.
Example:
How do you feel about your spouses honesty?
Extremely Quite Slightly Neutral Slightly Quite
Extremely
Negative Negative Negative Positive Positive Positive
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
If
you have generally been feeling extremely good or positive about the level of
your spouses honesty in the past few months, then rate it as 7, extremely
positive.
Or
if the level of your spouses honesty is something that you have generally had
no feelings about either good or bad, you should rate it as a 4, neutral.
Or
if you have generally been feeling extremely bad or negative about the level of
your spouses honesty in the past few months, then rate it as a 1, extremely
negative.
Note
that there are also ratings quite and slightly for less extreme feelings.
Now,
please answer each question by choosing the best number to show how you have
generally been feeling in the past few months. Choose only one number for each
question.
Extremely Quite Slightly Neutral Slightly Quite
Extremely
Negative Negative Negative Positive Positive Positive
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1.
How do you feel about your spouse as a friend?
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
2.
How do you feel about the future of your marital relationship?
. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
3.
How do you feel about having married your spouse?
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
4.
How do you feel about your spouses ability to put you in a good
mood so that you
can laugh and smile?
..
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
5.
How do you feel about your spouses ability to handle stress?
.. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
6.
How do you feel about the degree to which your spouse understands
you?
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
7.
How do you feel about your spouses honesty?
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
8.
How do you feel about the degree to which you can trust your
spouse ?
1 2
3 4 5 6 7
Extremely Quite Slightly Neutral Slightly Quite
Extremely
Negative Negative Negative Positive Positive Positive
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The
following 9 items (items 9-17) are in the form of statements rather than
questions. However, please complete them in the same manner, remembering to
base your response on how you generally feel about your spouse, taking
into account the last few months.
9.
Touching my spouse makes me feel
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
10.
Being alone with my spouse makes me feel
. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
11.
Having sexual relations with my spouse makes me feel
.. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
12.
Talking and communicating with my spouse makes me feel
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
13.
My spouses encouragement of my individual growth makes me
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
14.
My spouses physical appearance makes me feel
. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
15.
Seeking comfort from my spouse makes me feel
. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
16.
Kissing my spouse makes me feel
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
17.
Sitting or lying close to my spouse makes me feel
.. 1
2 3 4
5 6 7