Validity evidence of the Brazilian version of the inventory young people's love journey
International Journal of Development Research
Validity evidence of the Brazilian version of the inventory young people's love journey
Received 20th March, 2021; Received in revised form 06th April, 2021; Accepted 11th May, 2021; Published online 26th June, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Mariana Rocha da Silva Campos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to analyze the dimensional validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the inventory "Love Journey of young people - YPLJ", which investigates violent events in the relationships of dating and friendship between adolescents and young adults, family, social factors and consequences of these events. Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted with 380 young people enrolled in the public school system of Feira de Santana-Bahia, Brazil. Exploratory factor analysis was used for the analysis of dimensional validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for the evaluation of internal consistency. Results: most of the questions of the YPLJ presented more than one factor, corroborating the multidimensionality of the phenomenon. The analysis of internal consistency was satisfactory for most factors, ranging from 0.95 to 0.72. Discussion: the Brazilian version of the YPLJ presented evidence of validity and satisfactory internal consistency, which allow its applicability in studies that investigate violence in the relationships of dating and friendship of young people.
