Marital Adjustment Scale 1
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MARITAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE (MAS)
( LOCKE – WALLACE (1959) - Adaptation: J.A.I. CARBOLES)
1. Consider and choose by surrounding it with a circle, the number from the scale included in
continuation, that best describes the level of satisfaction, taking into account all
the circumstances of his current marriage. The midpoint of the scale, 'Happy',
it represents the degree of marital satisfaction reached by the majority of
people, and from this point, the scale gradually extends towards the lower side
for those people who are very dissatisfied or unhappy in their marriage, and towards the
upper side for those who enjoy extreme satisfaction or
marital happiness.
0 2 7 15 20 25
35
Very unhappy Completely happy
Reflect below on the approximate degree of agreement or disagreement between
you and your partner regarding the following situations. Consider all the issues,
please.
always almost occasionally frequently almost always in
of always in disagreement always in disagreement
agreement of disagreement
agreement
2. Administration of
finances 5 4 3 2 1 0
relatives
3.Sparsity or 5 4 3 2 1 0
distractions
4. Demonstrations of 8 6 4 2 1 0
affection
5.Friends 5 4 3 2 1 0
6. Relationships 15 12 9 4 1 0
sexual
7. Convention-
lismos (modes and
correct ways and 5 4 3 2 1 0
appropriate
8. Philosophy of the 5 4 3 2 1 0
life
9. Way of treating 5 4 3 2 1 0
the relatives and
family members
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10. when there are disagreements, they are usually resolved:
Yielding the husband - 0
Ceding the Wife - 2
Negotiating from
mutual agreement - 10
11. Do you and your partner have and enjoy common interests or activities outside of
the professionals?
All in common - 10
Some of them - 8
Very few of them - 3
None of them
In common - 0
12. During leisure time, what do you and your partner usually prefer: going out or
stay at home?
We both prefer
stay at home - 10
We both like it
to leave 3
We disagree on
this point 2
13. How often does the idea of wishing you hadn't married come to you?
Frequently - 0
Once in a while - 3
Rarely 8
Never 15
14. If I could go back in time and decide again, I think that:
I would marry the same person. 15
I would marry a person
different 0
I wouldn't marry at all 1
15. Do you trust your partner?
Almost in no case - 0
Rarely - 2
In most things - 10
In all things - 10
