%0 Journal Article
%T Valida£¿£¿o de escalas para avalia£¿£¿o do amor patol¨®gico
%A Berti
%A Marina Perito
%A Zilberman
%A Monica Levit
%A Sophia
%A Eglacy Cristina
%A Gorenstein
%A Clarice
%A Pereira
%A Ana Paula
%A Lorena
%A Andr¨¦a
%A Mello
%A Cid¨¢lia
%A Cord¨¢s
%A T¨¢ki Athan¨¢ssios
%A Tavares
%A Hermano
%J Revista de Psiquiatria Cl¨ªnica
%D 2011
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0101-60832011000400004
%X background: several methodologies were developed to validate psychometric instruments. however, there are, in the scientific literature, a lack of instruments to evaluate romantic relationship. objective: the present work aims at validating into portuguese the content of the self-report love attitudes scale (escala de atitudes do amor - hendrick et al., 1998), the relationship assessment scale (escala de avalia£¿£¿o do relacionamento - hendrick, 1988), and the adult attachment types (tipos de apego do adulto - hazan et al., 1987), taking the brazilian cultural context into consideration, thus rendering the study of pathological love in the brazilian population feasible. methods: such process involved four stages: (1) translation into portuguese, (2) back translation, (3) presentation of the translated version to mental health professionals and university students, and (4) application of the final version in a sample of the target population using a rating scale. results: the scales were easily understood and significantly discriminated individuals with pathological love and healthy volunteers. discussion: our results show that the brazilian version of these instruments is valid and may be used in investigations involving romantic relationships.
%K love
%K scales
%K compulsive behavior
%K validation
%K translating.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-60832011000400004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en