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The Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of the Elderly People (SSI-CE) was developed to assess the interpersonal repertoire of family caregivers. The instrument presents evidence of internal and external validity. However, the existence of a social desirability bias is questioned. The aim of this study was to verify the evidence of discriminative validity in relation to the social desirability and the reliability of the IHS-CI. The sample comprised 252 caregivers of elderly people, mean age of 50 years-old (SD = 14.4), who answered the following instruments: Sociodemographic Questionnaire; Brazil Criteria; IHS-CI; and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Social skills did not correlate with social desirability, which indicates that the IHS-CI presents evidence of discriminative validity. The precision values found were: Affective Expressiveness (ω=.85); Assertive Communication (ω=.77); Training/Information Search (ω=.68) and General Score (ω=.90). The IHS-CI is adequate for use and has strong evidence of validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Dyadic Relationship Scale (DRS) was translated for use in Brazil as the Escala de Relacionamento da Díade (ERD), to evaluate the quality of the relationship between caregivers and their dependent relative. This study aimed to continue the process of obtaining evidence of validity for ERD in the Brazilian context. In this study, 205 caregivers of an elderly family member responded to the ERD, Beck Depression Inventory, Zarit Burden Interview, and Quality of Life Scale. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we observed satisfactory goodness of fit indices for the two-factor model that was reported for the United States version of this instrument. The subscale "Positive Interaction" was positively related to quality of life and negatively related to depression and burden. The "Conflicts" subscale was negatively related to quality of life and positively related to depression and burden. This evidence of the ERD continues to support its validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]