Attachment Avoidance and Anxiety in Adolescence: Turkish Adaptation of the Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures Scale. Issue 4 (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Karataş, Savaş; Demir, İlkay
• Is Part Of: Psychological reports. Volume 122:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 1372
• Page End: 1394
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: Adolescent attachment -- attachment anxiety -- attachment avoidance -- construct validity -- reliability; Psychology -- Periodicals; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychologie -- Périodiques; Psychology; 150.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0033294118785562
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-2941

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to test the factor structure and reliability of the Experience of Close Relationships-Relationship Structures Scale (ECR-RS) mother, father, romantic partner, close friend forms among Turkish adolescents. In order to test the structure validity of the ECR-RS, exploratory factor analysis is performed on a sample of 214 participants in Study 1, and to further investigate the structure validity, confirmatory factor analysis is performed on a second sample of 286 participants in Study 2. Within the scope of the reliability studies of the ECR-RS, internal reliability and test–retest reliability of the Turkish ECR-RS are also tested. The results of the explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, and test–retest reliability scores supported the original two-factor structure (attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety) for all forms of the ECR-RS among Turkish adolescents.