RT Article
T1 Development and Validation of the Romantic Love Myths Questionnaire
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 21/22
A1 Lara, Laura
A2 Gómez-Urrutia, Verónica
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1778199895
AB The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure love myths among Chilean youth. Items created based on review of available literature were refined through experts’ revisions and participant focus groups. The initial questionnaire was applied to 1,538 high school and university students, aged between 14 and 24 years old. Exploratory factor analysis performed with half of the sample led to a 10-item questionnaire, grouped in two factors: idealization and love–abuse. Confirmatory factor analyses conducted with the other half of the sample corroborated this factorial structure. Reliability analyses indicated an adequate internal consistency, and correlations with dating violence and quality of relationship provide evidence on its concurrent validity. Complementary, results showed that females endorse more idealization and males love–abuse, and adolescents scored higher in both dimensions than emerging adults.
K1 dating violence
K1 emerging adults
K1 Adolescents
K1 Gender
K1 romantic beliefs
DO 10.1177/0886260519892958