Three dimensional attachment style scale

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop an alternative measurement tool to determine attachment styles. Study group is composed of 460 students that 244 (%53) of them are girls and 216 (%47) of them are men (Mean: 16.39, sd: 2.67). Language validity was determined by the language validity form. Its content validity was determined by the content validity form. Cohen Kappa agreement measurement value which was attained from two experts who were chosen for the language validity of the scale is .87 and for content validity is .72. Explorative factor analysis indicated that the 18 items were consistently combined under three dimensions. The structural validity values of the scales were determined with the ratio of GFI, AGFI, CFI, RMSEA, χ2 and χ2/sd. The factor analysis values were determined as GFI .93, AGFI .90, CFI .90, RMSEA .05 and χ2/sd ratio was 2.48. The item-total correlation values of the scales varied between .49 and .75, and item remainder varied between .96 and .98. As a result of reliability analysis, the internal consistency coefficient for the avoidant, secure and anxious-ambivalent attachment styles the values were found as .80, .69 and .71