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Development and Validation of the Romantic Competence Inventory for College Students
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Romantic Competence Inventory ofcollege students in Korea. The Romantic Competence Inventory(RCI) is a self-report measuredesigned to assess competence in the romantic relationships of college students. During the initialdevelopment phase, the preliminary 100 items were constructed through literature review and a pilotsurvey on the perceived romantic competence of 89 college students. Through expert review, 93items were selected for the main survey. Three-hundred and seventy-one college students participatedin the main survey. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analyses andreliability analyses. The major findings of this study were as follows: First, a final set of 32Likert-style items were selected for the Romantic Competence Inventory of college students. The RCIconsisted of 4 subscales including self-efficacy for romantic relationship, relational maintenancebehaviors, conflict management behaviors, and overcoming relationship anxiety. Second, the contentvalidity of the RCI was supported by a group of experts and good construct validity wasdemonstrated using exploratory factor analyses. Also, high internal consistency, retest reliability andsplit-half reliability of the RCI were demonstrated using reliability statistics.