<p>Dear Doctor Edil Riviera</p><p> </p><p>We are submitting the manuscript “Functional Theory of Values: Results of a Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Portuguese Youths” authored by Cátia Marques, Ana Daniela Silva and Maria do Céu Taveira, to the <em>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</em>. The manuscript was elaborated for the category Article, following the instructions to authors and the sixth edition of the manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2010). <em></em></p><p>The manuscript is attached in a 20-page long WORD 2003 file. This work derives from the authors’ research collaboration and expertise on the topic of human values. Cátia Marques is currently a Doctoral student of Applied Psychology at School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal.  Ana Daniela Silva is currently a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the same University, grant holder (SFRH/BPD/64078/2009) from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Maria do Céu Taveira is currently the coordinator of the research group Career Development and Counselling at the Department of Applied Psychology of the School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal. Valdiney Gouveia is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil, and he is the author of Functionalist Theory of Human Values used in this work. He is also the founder and coordinator of Normative Bases of Social Behavior research group.</p><p>We assure that this manuscript has not been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. The manuscript’s content was not used for any personal communication either. The authors agree with the content presented in the manuscript, the order of authorship as well as are fully aware of its exclusive submission to the <em>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</em><em>. </em></p><p>We believe that Professor Shanmukh Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, India; anilhubs@gmail.com) and Professor João Carlos Alchieri (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; jcalchieri@gmail.com) could yield a good contribution for the peer-review process of this article, due to their expertise in human values development. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Maria do Céu Taveira, who ensures that the co-authors will be timely, informed of the editorial reviews and decisions.</p><p>Please consider the following address for correspondence: Maria do Céu Taveira, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal, Email: ceuta@psi.uminho.pt</p><p> </p><p>Sincerly,</p><p> </p><p>Cátia Marques</p>