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. 2024 Sep 9:15:1440013.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1440013. eCollection 2024.

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

Timotej Glavač  1 , Vita Poštuvan  2   3 , Jim Schmeckenbecher  4 , Nestor D Kapusta  4
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Slovenian validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: associations with clinical measures and mindfulness

Timotej Glavač et al. Front Psychol. .

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 structure, exhibiting good model fit as well as satisfactory internal consistency of all subscales. In line with expectations, capacity to love was found to be inversely associated with dysfunctional personality traits and structural personality disturbances. Accordingly, higher dispositional mindfulness was coherently associated with all domains of CTL-I.

Conclusion: The results add to the growing evidence for the cross-cultural validity and sound psychometric properties of CTL-I, presented here in the Slovenian version. Our findings also point to the significance of dispositional mindfulness both in relation to capacity to love as well as mental health.

Keywords: capacity to love inventory (CTL-I); mindfulness; personality; psychodynamic perspective; psychometrics properties.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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