The Adult Attachment Questionnaire-Revised and its psychometric properties are presented for dimensional and categorical evaluation of adult attachment style. Eight items were added to the original questionnaire (CAA; Melero and Cantero, 2008) that expanded avoidance dimension assessment and sensitivity evaluation. The exploratory factor analysis EFA led to 35 items grouped in 4 affective dimensions. (1) Anxiety: Need for approval, negative self-esteem, fear for rejection/abandonment and relationship anxiety; (2) Socioemotional competence: Emotional openness, sensitivity, and confidence; (3) Avoidance: Self-reliance and emotional discomfort with intimacy, and (4) Anger: Resentment, anger and intransigence. The cluster analysis confirmed the categorization of the 4 styles of attachment described by Bartholomew (Bartholomew and Horowitz, 1991). The questionnaire showed satisfactory levels of reliability and validity.
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Vol. 17. Issue 2.
Pages 81-87 (April - June 2024)
Vol. 17. Issue 2.
Pages 81-87 (April - June 2024)
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Validation of the Adult Attachment Questionnaire-Revised (CAA-r)
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Table 2. Average, standard deviation and factorial saturation in the final factorial solution.
Table 3. Average and standard deviation of the direct scores in each cluster.
Table 4. Convergent validity of the dimensional evaluation of the CAA-r.
Table 5. Convergent validity of the categorical evaluation of the CAA-r.
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Adult attachment
Assessment
Adult attachment dimensions
Adult attachment styles
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