Relationship Assessment
The Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) is one of the most widely used relationship assessments in relationship research and couples counselling.
It helps identify strengths, areas of stress, and overall relationship satisfaction. Many couples find that completing the assessment gives them a clearer understanding of what is working well and where they may need support.
At Relate, we use the Dyadic Adjustment Scale as a starting point for mapping your relationship. The results help us identify patterns, provide personalised feedback, and where appropriate, recommend resources, education, or counselling options.
Most people complete the assessment in 10–15 minutes.
Why Complete This Assessment?
Many relationship problems develop gradually. Communication becomes harder, conflict increases, connection decreases, and couples often struggle to identify exactly what has changed.
This assessment creates a snapshot of your relationship today.
Your responses are securely stored so that future assessments can be compared with your current results. This allows you to track changes over time and measure progress in areas such as:
• Relationship satisfaction
• Communication and agreement
• Emotional connection
• Conflict management
• Overall relationship health
For many couples, this becomes a valuable benchmark for understanding growth and change over time.
Your Assessment Will Be Reviewed by Dan Gummo
Every assessment submitted through Relate is reviewed by Dan Gummo, Relate's Practice Manager.
Dan provides personalised feedback, helps identify important relationship patterns, and recommends appropriate next steps based on your results.
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Privacy, Consent & Assessment Information
Information We Collect
When you complete the DAS, we collect:
- Your email address (used to match your results over time)
- Your responses to all DAS questions
- The date and time of the submission
Optional details you may choose to include (e.g., your name, partner’s name, relationship length)
You may decline optional fields.
How We Use Your Information
Your information is used to:
a. Respond to your submission
Relate may contact you to acknowledge your submission, offer feedback, or clarify assessment details.
b. Maintain your long-term DAS history
Your email allows us to connect multiple DAS results across months or years.
c. Support your relationship wellbeing
We may share personalised insights or suggestions based on your results.
d. Improvements and aggregated analysis
We may use de-identified, aggregated DAS data to assess the effectiveness of Relate’s counselling services, online learning resources, programmes, and seminars.
No individual will be identifiable in these analyses.
e. Invite you to update your DAS
We may email you periodically with requests to complete the DAS again so you can track progress over time.
f. Share relationship resources
Emails may include relationship-support materials, such as counselling options, online courses, seminars, workshops, or articles.
You may opt out of emails at any time.
Who Can Access Your Information
Access to identifiable DAS submissions is strictly limited to:
- Relate’s Clinical Director
- Relate’s Practice Manager
- An authorised delegate appointed by them
No other staff or external parties may access your full results unless required by law.
How Your Results Are Provided
Relate will send DAS outcomes only to the email address you enter when completing the assessment.
Because DAS results include personal and sensitive information about your relationship, you should take special care when choosing which email address to use.
If you have any concerns that your partner, spouse, or another person may have access to your email account, please make sure you:
- Use a private and secure email address
- Use an email inbox that only you can access
- Update us immediately if you need to change your contact email
It is your responsibility to ensure that the email you provide is the address where you want your results and follow-up messages sent.
Relate is not able to verify ownership or privacy settings of your email account and is not responsible for unintended access caused by the use of shared or insecure email addresses.
Service Availability
The DAS assessment is currently provided as a free service.
As the service grows, Relate may introduce reasonable limits on repeat submissions or a small fee to support ongoing assessment, review, and feedback services.
Any future changes will be clearly communicated before they take effect.
Relate reserves the right to modify, suspend, discontinue, restrict access to, or change any part of the DAS assessment service, including the provision of assessment reviews, feedback, reports, reminders, or related communications, at any time and without prior notice.
Submission of an assessment does not guarantee that feedback, reports, recommendations, or other services will be provided.
Crisis Disclaimer
This service is not monitored in real time and should not be used in emergencies or crisis situations.
Please use 911 or your local crisis phone number.
Terms & Conditions
The DAS is an educational and relationship wellbeing assessment. Results and feedback provided by Relate are intended for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as professional, legal, medical, psychological, financial, or therapeutic advice.
Not for Legal or Court Proceedings
The DAS is a wellbeing tool, not a legal assessment.
Relate does not:
- prepare reports for Family Court
- provide written statements for divorce or custody matters
- create documents for use in court proceedings
- offer opinions intended for legal disputes
Your DAS results are solely for personal insight and relationship support, not for forensic or legal purposes.
Storage & Security
Your information is stored securely using reputable cloud systems. Information may be stored or processed in New Zealand, Australia, or other jurisdictions where Relate or its service providers operate.
We apply reasonable safeguards including:
- Encrypted transmission (HTTPS)
- Controlled staff access
- Secure data handling
- Restricted logging of identifiable information
We comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and, for Australian clients, the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
Access, Correction, and Deletion
You may request:
- Access to your past DAS submissions
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Deletion of your information (unless required to retain it by law or professional standards)
Contact us at admin@relate.online.
Data Retention
Your DAS submissions may be kept for:
- Ongoing wellbeing tracking
- Internal service improvement
- Aggregated reporting (in a non-identifiable form)
Your DAS submissions are kept so you can view changes over time and so Relate can understand how its services and resources are used.
You may request deletion of your records at any time by contacting admin@relate.online