Abstract:
In the field of marital and relationship counselling, the assessment of relationship satisfaction
has become a vital component in therapy. In the Sri Lankan context, lack of a culturally
validated psychometric tool to assess relationship satisfaction was identified. Therefore, the
present study aimed at culturally validating the Couples Satisfaction index- 32 (CSI – 32)
among Sri Lankan adults. The Sinhala translated version of the CSI-32 was administered to a
sample of 105 participants between the ages of 19 – 45 years who were in a committed
relationship for more than six months. The types of relationships assessed by this instrument
included married, engaged, or dating. A cross sectional survey was carried out among the
participants and the standard procedures for cultural validation of a tool were followed which
included translation, back translation, expert panel review and a pilot study was conducted
before data collection. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out to measure the validity of
the Sinhala version of the scale. The findings indicated that the CSI-32 was proved to be
reliable (α = .97) and KMO value was at .93 in exploratory factor analysis. The reported
findings suggest that this tool is valid to be used in the Sri Lankan population. Since this
study was a preliminary step for cultural validation of CSI – 32 for Sri Lanka, a larger sample
is suggested to be used in extending this study further. This validated tool can be used by
professionals who are involved in marital and relationship counselling as a means of
assessing the relationship satisfaction of the couple.
