Development and Validation of the Romantic Competence Inventory for College Students
AUTHOR : 김경미,정옥분
INFORMATION : page. 25~53 / 2017 Vol.24 No.1
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Romantic Competence Inventory of
college students in Korea. The Romantic Competence Inventory(RCI) is a self-report measure
designed to assess competence in the romantic relationships of college students. During the initial
development phase, the preliminary 100 items were constructed through literature review and a pilot
survey on the perceived romantic competence of 89 college students. Through expert review, 93
items were selected for the main survey. Three-hundred and seventy-one college students participated
in the main survey. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analyses and
reliability analyses. The major findings of this study were as follows: First, a final set of 32
Likert-style items were selected for the Romantic Competence Inventory of college students. The RCI
consisted of 4 subscales including self-efficacy for romantic relationship, relational maintenance
behaviors, conflict management behaviors, and overcoming relationship anxiety. Second, the content
validity of the RCI was supported by a group of experts and good construct validity was
demonstrated using exploratory factor analyses. Also, high internal consistency, retest reliability and
split-half reliability of the RCI were demonstrated using reliability statistics.