Marriage Satisfaction Questionnaire, MSQ Test - the question form
Questions: 24 · 4 minutes
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1. When people live as closely as they do in married life, they inevitably lose mutual understanding and sensitivity to the other person.
True
Not sure
Not true
2. Your marital relationship brings you:
mostly worry and distress
hard to say
mostly joy and satisfaction
3. Your relatives and friends rate your marriage as:
a) successful
b) somewhere in between
c) unsuccessful
4. If you could, you would:
Change many things about your spouse's character
Hard to say
Not change anything
5. One problem in modern marriage is that everything becomes routine, including sexual relations.
True
Hard to say
False
6. When you compare your family life with the family life of your friends and acquaintances, it seems to you that:
that you are less happy than others
hard to say
that you are happier than others
7. Life without a family or a close partner is too high a price to pay for complete independence.
True
Hard to say
Not true
8. You believe that without you, your spouse's life would be incomplete.
Yes, I believe so
Hard to say
No, I do not believe so
9. Most people are disappointed to some extent in their expectations about marriage.
a) True
b) Hard to say
c) False
10. Only many different circumstances keep you from thinking about divorce.
True
Cannot say
False
11. If you could go back to the time when you got married, your wife could have been:
Anyone at all, but not my current wife
Hard to say
Possibly my current wife
12. You feel proud that a person like your spouse is with you.
True
Hard to say
Not true
13. Unfortunately, your spouse’s shortcomings often outweigh her strengths.
True
Hard to say
False
14. The main obstacles to a happy married life lie:
Most likely, in your spouse's character
Hard to say
Rather, in yourself
15. The feelings with which you entered the marriage:
Strengthened
Hard to say
Weakened
16. Marriage dulls a person’s creative potential.
True
Hard to say
False
17. Overall, my spouse has qualities that compensate for her shortcomings.
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree
18. Unfortunately, emotional support between you and your spouse is not entirely satisfactory.
True
Hard to say
Not true
19. It seems to you that your spouse often does foolish things, speaks out of turn, or jokes inappropriately.
True
Hard to say
Not true
20. It seems to you that family life does not depend on your will.
True
Hard to say
Not true
21. My marital relationship has not brought into my life the order and organization I expected.
a) True
c) Hard to say
b) Not true
22. It is wrong to think that in a family a person can least of all count on being respected.
Agree
Hard to say
Disagree
23. In general, you enjoy being in your spouse's company.
True
Hard to say
Not true
24. To be honest, there have been no positive moments in your married life, now or in the past.
True
Hard to say
Not true
1. When people live as closely together as they do in married life, they inevitably lose mutual understanding and sensitivity to the other person.
True
Not sure
Not true
2. Your marital relationship brings you:
Mostly worry and distress
I find it difficult to answer
Mostly joy and satisfaction
3. Relatives and friends view your marriage as:
Successful
Neither successful nor unsuccessful
Unsuccessful
4. If you could, you would:
You would change a lot about your spouse’s personality
Hard to say
You would not change anything
5. One problem in modern marriage is that everything becomes routine over time, including sexual relations.
True
Hard to say
Not true
6. When you compare your family life with the family life of your friends and acquaintances, it seems that:
that you are less happy than others
hard to say
that you are happier than others
7. Life without a family or a close partner is too high a price to pay for complete independence.
True
Hard to say
False
8. You believe that without you, your spouse’s life would be incomplete.
Yes, I believe so
Hard to say
No, I do not believe so
9. Most people are to some extent disappointed in their expectations about marriage.
True
Hard to say
False
10. Only many different circumstances keep you from thinking about divorce.
a) True
b) Cannot say
c) Not true
11. If you could go back to the time when you got married, your husband could have been:
Anyone, but not my current spouse
Hard to say
Possibly my current spouse
12. You feel proud that a person like your spouse is with you.
True
Hard to say
Not true
13. Unfortunately, your spouse’s shortcomings often outweigh their strengths.
a) True
b) Hard to say
c) Not true
14. The main obstacles to a happy married life are most likely:
in your spouse's character
hard to say
in yourself
15. The feelings you had when you entered into marriage:
Have become stronger
Hard to say
Have weakened
16. Marriage dulls a person’s creative potential.
True
Hard to say
Not true
17. My spouse has strengths that compensate for their shortcomings.
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree
18. Unfortunately, emotional support for each other in your marriage is not entirely satisfactory.
True
Hard to say
Not true
19. It seems to you that your spouse often acts foolishly, says inappropriate things, or makes jokes at the wrong time.
True
Hard to say
Not true
20. It seems to you that family life does not depend on your will.
True
Hard to say
Not true
21. Your family relationships have not brought into your life the order and organization you expected.
True
Hard to say
False
22. It is wrong to believe that a person can least expect respect within the family.
Agree
Hard to say
Disagree
23. In general, I enjoy my spouse’s company.
True
Hard to say
Not true
24. To be honest, there have been no positive moments in your married life.
True
Hard to say
Not true