Multimethod psychological assessment of women undergoing bariatric surgery

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always needed. Everything I do best, I do it to honor your love.To my beloved grandparents, Antonia and Fernando. You are the greatest gift life gave me, and your simplicity taught me so much more than you could ever imagine.To my best friends, Ana Luíza, Gustavo and Iure, for being my intellectual, affective, and spiritual support in the last 15 years of friendship -and everything that went by this time.To my Brazilian advisor, Sonia Regina Pasian, for the always caring and encouraging words and for believing in my ideas.To my Italian advisor, Luciano Giromini, whose faith in my capacities has given me the opportunities that changed my life forever. Thank you for your generosity and friendship.To my partner, Davide Anselmi, whose love, support, and hugs sustained me when I needed the most during the production of this thesis.To my dear friends Sandra and Akio Hayashi, for being my second family all those years.To my friends of Ribeirão Preto, Nichollas Martins, Eduardo Name Risk, Gianni Sabino, Rafael Dalle Mulle, and José Egídio Oliveira. Cheers to all the great times we had together! To my Italian friends, Marzia DiGirolamo and Gaia de Campora. Your friendship makes my life in Italy so much more fulfilling.To all my colleagues of the Centro de Pesquisa em Psicodiagnóstico for the good debates and academic support in my development as a researcher. To the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and the University of Turin for the financial support of this research. "A madureza sabe o preço exato dos amores, dos ócios, dos quebrantos, e nada pode contra sua ciência e nem contra si mesma. O agudo olfato, o agudo olhar, a mão, livre de encantos, se destroem no sonho da existência."