Relationship satisfaction scale. Hendrick’s (1988) relationship satisfaction scale ( =
.86) was used to ascertain how satisfied individuals were in their current relationship. Hendrick’s
scale was altered for this research by providing new Likert scale response options to more
accurately reflect whether individuals were feeling satisfaction within their relationship. There
was concern that the wording of original response options differed too significantly from the rest
of the survey format. New responses measured from 1 (highly unsatisfied) to 5 (highly satisfied),
1 (worst) to 5 (best), and finally 1 (not very much) to 5 (a great deal).