DAS Final.xlsx

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1	Dyadic Adjustment Scale
2				Please Replace this box with Client's Name
3				Please place an x in any box below (only one per row) to fill out the survey
4	Most persons have disagreements in their relationships. Please indicate below the approximate extent of agreement or disagreement between you and your partner for each item on the following list.
5						Always Agree	Almost Always Agree	Occassionally Disagree	Frequently Disagree	Almost Always Disagree	Always Disagree	Totals
6		1	Handling of family finances									0
7		2	Matters of recreation									0
8		3	Religious matters									0
9		4	Demonstration of affection									0
10		5	Friends									0
11		6	Sex Relations									0
12		7	Conventionality (correct or proper behav.)									0
13		8	Philosophy of life									0
14		9	Ways of dealing with parents or in-laws									0
15		10	Aims, goals, things believed important									0
16		11	Amount of time spent together									0
17		12	Making major decisions									0
18		13	Household tasks									0
19		14	Leisure time interest and activities									0
20		15	Career decisions									0
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22						All the time	Most of the time	More often than not	Occassionally	Rarely	Never
23		16	How often divorce discussed?									0
24		17	How often leave house after fight?									0
25		18	How often think things going well?									0
26		19	Do you confide in your mate?									0
27		20	Do you ever regret you married?									0
28		21	How often do you quarrel?									0
29		22	How often get on nerves?									0
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31							Every Day	Almost every day	Occasionally	Rarely	Never
32		23	Do you kiss your mate?									0
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34							All of them	Most of them	Some of them	Very few of them	None of them
35		24	Do you engage in interests together?									0
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37						Never	<1/mo	1-2x/mo	1-2x/wk	1x/day	More
38		25	Have a stimulating exchange									0
39		26	Laugh together									0
40		27	Calmly discuss something									0
41		28	Work together on a project									0
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43	These are some things about which couples sometimes agree and sometime disagree. Indicate if either item below caused differences of opinions or were problems in your relationship during the past few weeks. (Check yes or no)
44										Yes	No
45		29	Being too tired for sex									0
46		30	Not showing love									0
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48					Extremely Unhappy	Fairly Unhappy	A Little Unhappy	Happy	Very Happy	Extremely Happy	Perfect
49		31	Degree of happiness									0
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51		32	I want desperately for my relationship to succeed, and would go to almost any length…
52			I want very much for my relationship to succeed, and will do all I can…
53			I want very much for my relationship to succeed, and will do my fair share…
54			It would be nice if my relationship succeeded, but I can't do much more…
55			It would be nice if my relationship succeeded, but I refuse to do any more…
56			My relationship can never succeed, and there is no more that I can do…									0
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58				Cut-off between distressed and non-distressed marriages is often understood to be around 100
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60				Norms (Spanier, 1976)
61				Dyadic Adjustment	71	115			Dyadic Adjustment Total			0
62				Subscales				Subscales
63				Consensus	41	58			Consensus (1-3,5,7-15)			0
64				Affectional Expression	8	13			Affectional Expression (4,6,29,30)			0
65				Satisfaction	22	41			Satisfaction (16-23,31,32)			0
66		3/30/08		Cohesion	5	9			Cohesion (24-28)			0
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