Psychometric Properties and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Love Myths Scale in a Comparative Sample by Gender and Across Generational Groups

The scale of myths of romantic love: Psychometric properties and gender differences in Spanish adolescents

“…Bosch et al (2013) theoretically classified romantic love myths into five groups: myths about love as the only source of happiness, myths about the denial of reality, myths about omnipotent love, myths about exclusivity, and myths about control. However, at the empirical level, the scales for measuring romantic myths have been composed of a smaller number of dimensions: (1) the Myths Scale toward Love is composed of two dimensions (Bonilla & Rivas, 2018; Bonilla-Algovia & Rivas-Rivero, 2021b; Bosch et al, 2007; Jiménez et al, 2023; Rodríguez-Castro et al, 2013); (2) the Myths, Fallacies and Erroneous Beliefs about the Ideal of Romantic Love Scale is best represented by a one-dimensional solution (Fernández et al, 2021); and (3) the SMRL, although it includes items that were intended for two dimensions, is a mainly one-dimensional scale (Bonilla-Algovia & Rivas-Rivero, 2020), as it is also reflected in the present research. Therefore, while there may be theoretical differences among categories of romantic love myths, their coexistence and interrelation results in the fact that, empirically, they are grouped into fewer dimensions (Bonilla-Algovia & Rivas-Rivero, 2020; Fernández et al, 2021).…”

“…The psychometric validity of the scale in its reduced version was also evaluated among university students from El Salvador (130 women and 81 men) (Bonilla-Algovia & Rivas-Rivero, 2021b) and Colombia (317 women and 126 men) (Bonilla & Rivas, 2018), and acceptable fit indices were obtained in both countries. The most recent validation was conducted among the general population in Seville, where the best fit quality was achieved using a shortened version of five items (Jiménez et al, 2023).…”