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ResumoO presente estudo apresenta uma adaptação dos instrumentos e procedimentos elaborados por Cahill, Prins, Weber e McGaugh para a avaliação dos efeitos da emoção nas distorções da memória. O material visa oferecer à comunidade científica lusófona um instrumento valioso para investigação da memória e, a partir dessa adaptação, das falsas memórias. O experimento teve por finalidade testar a validade desta adaptação para a realidade brasileira, bem como a eficiência da avaliação das falsas memórias. A amostra foi composta por 138 estudantes universitários de diversos cursos de graduação e instituições de ensino superior particulares. O procedimento adaptado contém 11 slides, cujas imagens são condizentes com a realidade brasileira, e um teste auto-administrado de memória de reconhecimento. Os resultados sugerem uma adequação da adaptação dos instrumentos e procedimentos, encontrando um efeito potencializador da emoção sobre as memórias verdadeiras, principalmente para participantes do sexo masculino. Considerando os resultados obtidos, o procedimento adaptado é efetivo para medir o efeito da emoção na memória e suas distorções, e a emoção parece inocular a memória contra os efeitos da falsificação. Palavras-chave: Memória; Emoção; Falsas memórias; Histórias. Adaptation of a method for studying the effect of emotion on memory AbstractThis study presents an adaptation of Cahill, Prins, Weber and McGaugh's instruments and procedures on the assessment of the effect of emotion on memory distortions. The study main purpose was to provide the lusophone scientific community with a valuable instrument for the study of memory and false memories. To test if the new version of the target materials (slides and narratives) and memory test were adequate to assess both true and false memories. The experiment was conducted with 138 college students from several private universities. The procedure consisted of eleven slides adapted to the Brazilian reality and a yes-no recognition memory test. The results suggested that both instruments and procedures were properly adapted. In addition, emotion tended to increase male participants true memory scores. The instrument was effective to measure the effect of emotion on memory distortions, and emotion seams to inoculate memory from distortions.

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The present study developed a Brazilian adaptation of the BAS for young adolescents, testing its factor structure by the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), concurrent and criterion validity, and its internal consistency. Participants were 347 adolescents (171 male and 176 female, aged between 10 and 13 years old). Three psychologists experts in psychological evaluation and three teachers of Portuguese of elementary school also participated for the adaptation stage of the items in order to be properly understood by the sample age group. There were few changes from the version culturally adapted for the Brazilian adult population. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were satisfactory for the general population and both sexes (.804; female =.851; male =.752). The one-factor model of the BAS was confirmed by the confirmatory factor analysis with good indicators for the measurements of adjustment to the model, χ2 = 77.9; GFI = 0.967; NFI = 0.940, CFI = 0.979; TLI = 0.968; RMSEA;.038). The convergent validity analyzes revealed significant correlations between BAS scores and BMI (r = -.230; p < .001) and between the first and body image satisfaction (r = .309; p < .001). The BAS version for Brazilian young adolescents had adequate levels of validity and reliability, keeping the one-dimensional structure which indicates its use in Brazilian adolescent's samples.