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Presented by: Nakia Williams, Jennice Pamilton, Fatima Coley, and Elisabeth Hopkins

“Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is It Still Relevant for the 1990s?” Article by: Mark H. Freeston and Michel Plechaty. Presented by: Nakia Williams, Jennice Pamilton, Fatima Coley, and Elisabeth Hopkins. History of the Test. Widely used over last 30 years

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Presented by: Nakia Williams, Jennice Pamilton, Fatima Coley, and Elisabeth Hopkins

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  1. “Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is It Still Relevant for the 1990s?”Article by: Mark H. Freeston and Michel Plechaty Presented by: Nakia Williams, Jennice Pamilton, Fatima Coley, and Elisabeth Hopkins

  2. History of the Test • Widely used over last 30 years • 15 items • General satisfaction, agreement/disagreement on certain issues, relationship style • Recently been criticized (last 20 years) Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  3. Purpose of this Review To examine: • Reliability and Validity • Factor analysis • Item analyses • Cutting-score validation • Separate analyses of men and women (generalizability) Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  4. Subjects Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  5. Methods • Each group received a package containing a demographic data questionnaire, the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWMAT), and other relationship questionnaires • All groups were required to take the LWMAT • Participants’ scores on the LWMAT were used to analyze the test Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  6. Results • Adequate reliability: men and women • Adequate test-retest stability • Indicated criterion-related or known-groups validity • Validation of traditional cutting-score • Factor structure: unifactorial and stable: men and women • Item analyses: different for men and women Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  7. Conclusions • There is still life left! (still relevant) • Appropriate for clinical and research settings • Reliable and valid as a rapid and broadly defined adjustment scale • Convergent validity • Empirically adequate, but is it conceptually adequate? Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  8. Interesting Points • LWMAT has 15 items and each are weighted differently • The concept of rapid assessment tests (What determines “rapid” tests? Number of questions? Difficulty?) • Analysis of LWMAT across genders and types of couples Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  9. Three Weak or Unclear Arguments • Content validity of the LWMAT • Generalizabilty (samples) • The concepts of factor structures vs. factor analyses were not clearly defined or compared Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  10. Your Questions? Your Comments? Your Concerns? Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  11. Our Questions for You • Do you think rapid assessment tests are effective? (Is 15 questions enough?) • Was it wise for the authors to divide 2 of the sample groups into “satisfied” and “unsatisfied” considering the possibility that adjustment and satisfaction might be related? • Do you think an assessment created 30 years ago can adequately measure a 2004 marriage, including same-sex marriages? Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

  12. Thank You Very Much! Freeston, M.H., & Plechaty, M. (1997). Reconsideration of the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test: Is it still relevant for the 1990s. Psychological Reports, 81, 419-434.

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