Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 7 2 Turkish 7 N N Y 2025 06 05 Full Length Paper Development of the Emotional Intimacy Scale in Romantic Relationships: A Validity and Reliability Study > English Y 151 157 Pınar Özdemir Turkish Duzce University, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Duzce Türkiye haticepinarozdemir@mail.com N 0000-0003-1324-3426 Melike Sarıkoç Turkish Türkiye melikessarikoc@gmail.com Y 0009-0001-2888-3031 10.35365/ctjpp.25.2.05 This study aimed to develop and test an Emotional Intimacy Scale to measure the partners' perception of the emotional intimacy level of romantic relationships and test the psychometric properties. The participants consisted of 640 individuals who participated in the study in 2023, from all regions of Turkey. First, literature review on emotional intimacy in relationships was conducted. Then, semi-structured interviews were made with six individuals who were in romantic relationships. In collaboration with eight experts and one academician, an item pool was created. After the items were shared with six experts in the field, they were assessed for content validity and finalized after they had been reviewed by them. The first step of the study was to perform an exploratory factor analysis of the data. The results of the exploratory factor analysis revealed a unidimensional structure consisting of 10 items with an eigenvalue of 5.377, explaining 53.774% of the total variance. Following the initial factor analysis phase, a confirmatory factor analysis was carried out and it was found that the fit indices met the required criteria. Following the analysis of the data, it was concluded that the Emotional Intimacy Scale is a valid and reliable tool for measuring emotional intimacy English Emotional intimacy, intimacy, romantic relationship, scale development https://ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/5-Development-of-the-Emotional-Intimacy-Scale-in-Romantic-Relationships-2.pdf https://ktppdergisi.com/en/makale/development-of-the-emotional-intimacy-scale-in-romantic-relationships-a-validity-and-reliability-study/ https://ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/5-Development-of-the-Emotional-Intimacy-Scale-in-Romantic-Relationships-2.pdf English References 151 157