The Love Addiction Inventory: preliminary findings of the development process and psychometric characteristics

Costa, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-6039, Barberis, N, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Benedetto, L and Ingrassia, M, 2021. The Love Addiction Inventory: preliminary findings of the development process and psychometric characteristics. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19, pp. 651-668. ISSN 1557-1874

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Abstract

Although the existence of dysfunctional love relationships is well known and the term “love addiction” dates back to the 1970s, empirical studies on this topic are still limited. The biggest problem is arguably is the lack of a clear definition of the love addiction construct and the lack of psychometric instruments for the assessment of its symptoms. The aim of the present study was to develop and examine the psychometric characteristics of a self-report scale assessing love addiction using the components model of behavioral addiction. Two studies based on the splitting of a total sample of 663 participants involved in an intimate relationship (for at least for 6 months) were recruited to examine the psychometric characteristics of the newly developed love addiction scale and its six-item short-form. In the first study, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted with a sample of 329 participants. In the second study, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) approach was used with a sample of 334 participants engaged in a romantic relationship. In both studies, reliability and concurrent validity were also examined. Results suggested that the factor structure of the Love Addiction Inventory and its six-item short-form is in line with the theoretical framework and showed good reliability and concurrent validity. The LAI in both short and longer forms are psychometrically robust and can be used to assess love addiction in future studies.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Creators:	Costa, S., Barberis, N., Griffiths, M.D., Benedetto, L. and Ingrassia, M.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	June 2021
Volume:	19
ISSN:	1557-1874
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11469-019-00097-y DOI 97 Publisher Item Identifier
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	20 May 2019 14:44
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2021 07:53
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36614

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