摘要：In this study, the Irrational Romantic Relationship Beliefs Scale (RAINO) was developed and the validity and reliability of the scale were investigated. The scale was developed based on the theories of Ellis (1986) and Beck (2011), for the purpose of evaluating the irrational relationship beliefs of the individuals. In the beginning the number of items were 98, and after the factor analysis it became a 30 item-ed, 5 likert tpye scale. The participants in this study consisted 551 university students, whose responses were utilized for the for pilot, validity and reliability studies. The results of the factor analysis indicated that the scale composed of six factors which explain Q.70 of the variance. These factors were named as “over expectations” (eight items), “use of social time” (six items), “mind reading” (six items), “different thinking” (four items), “physical intimacy” (three items), “gender differences” (three items). The Cronbach Alpha was .85 for the scale and Cronbach Alpha were between .53 and .81 for the sub-scales.
