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The Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ): An Extension of its Construct Validity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Willem A. Arrindell  and
Cas Schaap
Willem A. Arrindell
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Academic Hospital of the State University of Groningen, Oostersingel 59, 9713 EZ Groningen, The Netherlands
Cas Schaap
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Nijmegen Catholic University, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Summary

In a successful attempt at extending the construct validity of the Dutch version of the Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ), its sub-scales were correlated with the Marital Deprivation Scale, the Sexuality Experiencing Scale, the Marital Communication Inventory, and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 295 - 299
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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