Development and Validation of Interpersonal Relationship Scale Among Late Adolescents
Ruchi Singh *
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, CCAS, MPUAT, Udaipur Rajasthan, India.
Suman Audichya
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, CCAS, MPUAT, Udaipur Rajasthan, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study’s aim was to construct and validate Interpersonal Relationship Scale among late adolescents. The Interpersonal Relationship Scale (IRS) consisted of 85 statements on selected dimensions of interpersonal relationship. To establish the content validity, Interpersonal Relationship Scale was evaluated by subject experts and thereafter reliability of the scale was calculated through pilot study. A total sample of 60 late adolescents i.e. 20 respondents from nuclear families, 20 respondents from single parent families and 20 respondents from joint families, between the ages of 19-21 years were selected through simple random sampling method from College of Community and Applied Sciences, MPUAT, Udaipur. For deriving reliability of the scale, split-half method was used. This finding of reliability and validity scores suggested that IRS is an acceptable instrument for assessment interpersonal relationship of late adolescents.
Keywords: Interpersonal relationship, late adolescents, validity, reliability, split-half method