Median splits were calculated to determine high and low scorers on the ECR anxious attachment and
avoidant attachment scales, respectively.
Not exact matches
Alpha coefficients of (reliability) questions about the subscales of secure,
avoidant and ambivalent
attachment styles regarding a student sample (1480 people) were calculated to be respectively 0.86, 0.84 and 0.85 for all the subjects, which indicate good internal consistency of Adult Attachm
attachment styles regarding a student sample (1480 people) were calculated to be respectively 0.86, 0.84 and 0.85 for all the subjects, which indicate good internal consistency of Adult
AttachmentAttachment Scale.
The Experiences in Close Relationships
Scale — Short Version (ECR - S)[68] measures
avoidant and anxious
attachment styles.
The ASQ includes five
scales: (1) ASQ - F1, «Confidence in relationships»; higher scores in this subscale indicate a secure
attachment (e.g., «I find it relatively easy to get close to other people»); (2) ASQ - F2, «Need for approval» denotes both worried and fearful aspects of
attachment, characterized by an individual's need for others» approval and acceptance (e.g., «It's important for me to avoid doing things that others won't like»); (3) ASQ - F3: the subjects» anxious behavior in searching for others, motivated by the necessity to fulfill dependency needs, is depicted by the subscale «Preoccupation with relationships»; it represents a central topic in the conceptualization of anxious / ambivalent
attachment (e.g., «It's very important for me to have a close relationship»); (4) ASQ - F4, «Discomfort with closeness» reflects an
avoidant attachment (e.g., «I prefer to keep to myself»), and (5) ASQ - F5 «Relationships as secondary» is typical of a dismissive style, in which subjects tend to emphasize achievements and independence, in order to protect themselves against hurt and vulnerability (e.g., «To ask for help is to admit that you're a failure»).
Analysing the responses to the ECR - R
scale revealed that 30.4 percent of participants had a secure
attachment style, 16.3 percent of participants had an
avoidant - dismissing
attachment style, 35.2 percent had an
avoidant - fearful
attachment style, and 18.1 percent had an anxious - preoccupied
attachment style (see Figure 2).
We examined differences in diary
scales (secure,
avoidant, resistant, and coherence) as they related to age at placement and foster parent
attachment, using hierarchical linear modeling and analyses of variance.
To determine the potential impact of being highly
avoidant or anxious on the
attachment scale (ECR) on the dependent variables, we conducted separate analyses of variance (ANOVA) that factored in high and low scores on the anxious
attachment and
avoidant attachment dimension, respectively.