Designing and Constructing the Scale of Mate Selection Criteria: Before and After Marriage (SMSC)

One of the challenges for premarital counselors and couples’ therapists is to study Mate Selection Criteria and its evolution during the marital period. This research was conducted with the aim of designing, constructing and examining the psychometric characteristics of Scale of Mate Selection Criteria: before and after marriage. For this purpose, the initial version of the scale was compiled with the help of Islamic and psychological researches, and eventually the final form of the scale was obtained by completing the study of Islamic sources and customer feedback in premarital counseling sessions. This form was implemented along with a questionnaire for prioritizing the criteria for choosing a spouse and a short form of Enrich marital satisfaction among 491 students of Qom, Isfahan and Najafabad universities and Qom Seminary students. The findings confirmed the reliability and validity of this 55 items, 13-factor and 4-part scale. Using this scale can pave the way for assessments of premarital counseling and therapeutic couples.