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Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale - Adolescents

(EMWSS-A)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Marina Isabel Vieira Antunes da Cunha Ana Maria de Jesus Xavier Marcela Salomé Albuquerque Andrade de Matos

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala de Memórias Precoces de Calor e Segurança para Adolescentes

ORIGINAL VERSION

Richter A., Gilbert P., & McEwan, K. (2009)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Cunha, M., Matos, M., Pinto Gouveia, J., & Xavier, A. (2011)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The EMWSS-A is a self-report questionnaire that measures recall of feeling warm, safe and cared for in childhood, i.e., early positive memories of warmth and affect (e.g., “I felt secure and safe”; “I felt that I was a cherished member of my family”). This is a 21-item scale rated on a 5-point Likert scale (0= No, never; 1= Yes, but rarely; 2= Yes, sometimes; 3= Yes, often; 4= Yes, most of the time). The confirmatory factor analysis of the Portuguese version of the EMWSS-A presented, like its original version, an interpretable single component structure, excellent estimated internal consistency, good test–retest reliability, and convergence with similar scales.

REFERENCES

  • Cunha, M., Xavier, A., Martinho, I., & Matos, M. (2014). Measuring positive emotional memories in adolescents: Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 14, 245-259.

  • Richter A, Gilbert P, & McEwan K (2009). Development of an early memories of warmth and safeness scale and its relationship to psychopathology. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 82, 171-184. doi:10.1348/147608308X395213

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