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The aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Light Triad Scale (LTS)\u2014Portuguese version. Our convenience sample consisted of 242 male and female participants (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200930.19\u2009years,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">SD<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200912.78, range\u2009=\u200916\u201377) from Portugal. The proposed latent structure models of the LTS obtained adequate fits. Internal consistency\/reliability, as measured by the alpha and omega coefficients, was adequate to good. 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