Slovenian validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: associations with clinical measures and mindfulness.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The main purpose of the present study was to validate the Slovenian version of the 41- item Capacity to Love Inventory (CTL-I). Based on psychoanalytic theory, limitations to capacity to love are expected to be associated with personality dysfunction and disintegration as well as fundamental mental capacities such as self-reflection and self-awareness.

Method

To examine these assumptions, a sample of 552 Slovenian non-clinical individuals were recruited through academic networks. The construct validity of the CTL-I was assessed using a confirmatory factor analysis and convergent validity of the CTL-I and its subscales was established against IPO-16, PID-5 BF, MAAS.

Results

Our findings show that the Slovenian version of the CTL-I replicated the six-factor structur

SUBMITTER: Glavac T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417625 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature