Love Attitudes Scale - Short form: The preliminary assessment of the factor structure of its Italian version

In questo articolo viene proposta una preliminare valutazione psicometrica della versione italiana del Love Attitudes Scale: Short Form (LAS; Hendrick, Hendrick & Dicke, 1998), una delle più utilizzate misure dell’amore. I risultati confermano la struttura a sei fattori della scala e la sua validità convergente con alcune dimensioni della relazione di coppia. Sono state rilevate anche differenze di genere in vari stili amorosi. Si conferma l’utilità dello strumento. This study aims to make a preliminary evaluation of the psychometric features of the Italian version of the Love Attitudes Scale: Short Form (LAS; Hendrick, Hendrick & Dicke, 1998), which is one of the most commonly used measurements of love in literature. Our results confirmed the six-factor structure and its convergent validity with several affective dimensions (e.g., intimacy, fear of intimacy, sexuality, relational talk) in couple relationships and marital satisfaction (dyadic and familial). For discriminant validity, there were gender differences in several love styles. Our findings indicated that this tool might be useful in both scientific and clinical contexts when used in the Italian framework.