An Approach to the Delineation of Adult AttachmentScale Development and Reliability
作者:
MALCOLM WEST,
ADRIENNE SHELDON,
LINDA REIFFER,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 175,
issue 12
页码: 738-741
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 1987
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The authors present the results of a project to develop scales to measure the features of adult attachment using a construct-oriented approach. Adult attachment is defined in terms of eight features: proximity seeking, secure base effect, separation protest, feared loss of the attachment figure, reciprocity, availability, responsiveness of the attachment figure, and use of the attachment figure. Each feature was defined and a large item pool to tap all dimensions was derived from item nominations by clinicians, researchers, and lay subjects. The resultant scales were administered to a small sample for preliminary empirical testing. Analyses of internal reliability for each scale resulted in the elimination of items that detracted from reliability. After editing, all scales had satisfactory internal consistency. A discriminant-functions analysis provided suggestive evidence that this method of defining and measuring adult attachment would have relevance for identifying psychopathology.
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