Remarriage Belief Inventory (RMBI)
Higginbotham‚ B.J. & Adler-Baeder‚ F. 2005
Gable & Wolfe‚ 1993
سیاهه باورها در ازدواج مجدد
1. A stepfamily should operate like a biological family.
2. People in remarriages should be able to step right into the role of parent to their stepchildren.
3. In a stepfamily‚ children should feel they come first.
4. Emotional connection/feelings to an ex-spouse should end with a new marriage.
5. Stepfamily members should immediately love one another.
6. A new stepparent should feel just as “at home” as those with whom he/she has moved in with.
7. A remarriage can be more fulfilling and satisfying than previous marriages.
8. People who have been married before are more choosy about whom they marry.
9. A new spouse should fill the emotional holes that the previous spouse left empty.
10. People in remarriages are likely to marry someone who has the same “bad” traits as their previous spouse.
11. Financial resources in a remarriage should be combined.
12. A stepfamily cannot offer children everything that a biological family can.
13. A stepparent should have his/her opinions and feelings valued as much as those held by the other members of the family he/she married into.
14. Adjustment to married life should occur quickly in remarriage.
15. A person’s past relationship history has little impact on a remarriage.
16. A stepparent should share in child-discipline responsibilities from the onset of the remarriage.
17. A new spouse should be a better marriage partner than the one he/she replaces.
18. Decisions in a stepfamily should be made based on the best interest of the new spouse rather than the children.
19. People in remarriages are less committed to making their relationship last than people in first marriages.
20. In comparison to ex-spouses‚ a new spouse should be more “in-tune” to the quality of the spousal relationship.
21. Love should develop quickly between the child and the stepparent.
22. People in remarriages should maintain individual control of their own financial assets.
23. Fulfilling the desires of a new spouse should come before fulfilling the desires of biological children.
24. All things considered‚ a stepfamily is a poor substitute for a biological family.
25. Roles in remarriages should be similar to those in previous marriages.
26. Adjustment to living in a stepfamily should occur quickly.
27. People who have divorced are likely to divorce again.
28. Stepfamily members should feel close to one another soon after the stepfamily forms.
29. Stepparents should assume intimacy and authority with the children soon after the stepfamily forms.
30. The success/failure of past relationships has little to do with remarriage success.
31. A new spouse should be everything the problematic old spouse was not.
32. Family members should open their hearts to the new stepparent soon after the stepfamily forms.
33. In remarriages‚ incomes and paychecks should be “pooled” together.
34. A new spouse should be more understanding than a previous spouse.
35. People in remarriages are likely to repeat the same patterns/behaviors as those in their previous marriage(s).
36. When a person gets remarried‚ it is likely that their new spouse will have some of the same flaws they saw in their previous spouse.
37. Problems that occur in a stepfamily probably would not occur in a family in which children live with both biological parents.
38. The odds of marital success are better the second time around.
39. The spousal relationship is the most critical to the success of a stepfamily as a whole.
40. People in remarriages are more experienced and thus better prepared for marriage.
41. People in remarriages are likely to make the same mistakes they made in previous marriages.
42. There are no major differences between biological families and stepfamilies.
43. Traditions from previous relationships/families should be integrated into the new family.
44. In a remarriage‚ there should be a distinction between “mine” and “your” financial resources.
45. In a stepfamily‚ child outcomes are better when the spousal relationship is strong.
46. Emotional ties to the previous marriages/relationships should be severed prior to a remarriage.
47. Wishes of the children should take priority over the wishes of the new spouse.
48. Giving attention to the children is more important than giving attention to the new spouse in a remarriage.
24-item version of the RMBI
1. A stepfamily should operate like a biological family
2. A new spouse should be able to step right into the role as parent to his/her stepchildren.
3. In a stepfamily‚ children should feel they come first.
4. Stepfamily members should not be expected to immediately love one another
5. A remarriage will be more fulfilling and satisfying than previous relationships
6. A remarrying individual is more choosy about whom s/he marries.
7. A new spouse should fill the emotional holes that the previous mate left empty
8. A stepfamily can't offer children the kinds of things that a biological family can.
9. An individual's past relationship history has little impact on a remarriage.
10. A stepparent should share in child-discipline duties right away.
11. A second (or third‚ or fourth) spouse should be a better spouse than their predecessor.
12. Individuals in a remarriage are less committed to making their relationship last
13. A new spouse should be more "in-tune" to the quality of the relationship.
14. Needs of the new spouse should come before needs of the children.
15. Overall‚ a stepfamily is a poor substitute for a biological family
16. Individuals who have divorced are more likely to divorce again.
17. Stepparents should presume intimacy and authority with the children.
18. The functionality of past relationships has little to do with remarriage success.
19. A stepparent should expect the other family members to open their hearts to him/her as readily as they do to each other.
20. The new spouse should be more understanding than a previous spouse.
21. A remarrying individual is likely to repeat the same patterns/behaviors as those in previous marriages.
22. Problems that occur in a stepfamily probably would not occur in a family in which children live with both biological parents.
23. The relationship with the spouse is the most important relationship in a family.
24. Wishes of the children take priority over the wishes of the new spouse.
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خرده مقیاس ها
(1) Quick adjustment - assumed stepparent authority and attachment‚ (2) Partner is better than previous partner‚ (3) Stepfamilies are second-class‚ (4) Children are thepriority over the couple relationship‚ (5) Past should stay in the past
اعتبار: برای نسخه 24 گویه ای آلفا 0.78
نمره گذاری
1=Very False‚ 2= More False than True‚ 3=Neither True nor False‚ 4=More True than False‚ 5=Very True
For 24 items
Adjustment comes quickly (items 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 10‚ 19)
Partner is better than previous partner (items 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 11‚ 13‚ 20)
Stepfamilies are second-class (items 8‚ 15‚ 12‚ 22)
Children are the priority over the couple relationship (items 3‚ 14‚ 23‚ 24)
History is unimportant (items 9‚ 18‚ 16‚ 21)
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Adler-Baeder‚ F.‚ & Higginbotham‚ B. (2004). Implications of remarriage and stepfamily formation for marriage education. Family Relations‚ 53‚ 448-458.
Higginbotham‚ B. J.‚ & Adler-Baeder‚ F. (2005‚ June). Development of the Remarriage Belief Inventory for researchers and educators. Journal of Extension [on-line]‚ 43(2)‚ 3IAW2.
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Garneau‚ C.‚ Adler-Baeder‚ F.‚ & Higginbotham‚ B. (2013). Dyadic validation of the Remarriage Belief Inventory (RMBI) with couples in stepfamilies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Council on Family Relations‚ Birmingham‚ AL.
Garneau‚ CL.‚ Higginbotham‚ B. J.‚ & Adler-Baeder‚ F. (2015). Remarriage Beliefs as Predictors of Marital Quality and Positive Interaction in Stepcouples: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Family Process. Institute. doi: 10.1111/famp.12153.