Author: Wei, Meifen; Russell, Daniel W.; Mallinckrodt, Brent; Vogel, David L.
Description: We developed a 12-item, short form of the Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (ECR; Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998) across 6 studies. In Study 1, we examined the reliability and factor structure of the measure. In Studies 2 and 3, we cross-validated the reliability, factor structure, and validity of the short form measure; whereas in Study 4, we examined test-retest reliability over a 1-month period. In Studies 5 and 6, we further assessed the reliability, factor structure, and validity of the short version of the ECR when administered as a stand-alone instrument. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that 2 factors, labeled Anxiety and Avoidance, provided a good fit to the data after removing the influence of response sets. We found validity to be equivalent for the short and the original versions of the ECR across studies. Finally, the results were comparable when we embedded the short form within the original version of the ECR and when we administered it as a stand-alone measure.
Subject headings: Adult; Anxiety, diagnosis, psychology; Factor Analysis; Statistical; Female; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male, Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Object Attachment; Personality Inventory; Psychometrics, methods; Reproducibility of Results; Students, psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires, standards
Publication year: 2007
Journal or book title: Journal of personality assessment
Volume: 88
Issue: 2
Pages: 187-204
Find the full text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223890701268041
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