A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery
The Tripartite Attachment Battery (TAB) includes scales assessing attachment security, organized insecurity (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), and disorganized attachment. This recently developed series of measures provides expanded options for assessing attachment characteristics (e.g., a scale that di...
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| description | The Tripartite Attachment Battery (TAB) includes scales assessing attachment security, organized insecurity (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), and disorganized attachment. This recently developed series of measures provides expanded options for assessing attachment characteristics (e.g., a scale that directly assesses attachment security) and may improve the assessment of attachment anxiety and avoidance by including items capturing the secondary attachment strategies associated with them (viz., hyperactivation and deactivation). The present study utilized a community sample (N = 386) to evaluate and refine these scales. Factor analyses were conducted to: (a) examine the dimensionality of each TAB scale, and (b) guide the creation of empirically-derived subscales. The Secure Attachment Scale and the Organized Insecurity Scale were multidimensional. The Disorganized Attachment Scale was unidimensional. Most of the empirically-derived measures had internal consistency and test-retest reliability levels in the range considered adequate or better. Their correlations with a measure of psychopathology provided preliminary support for their construct validity. The TAB scales are promising measures of adult attachment characteristics. Further investigation of their psychometric properties is warranted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e62eedd39ca04a55a379a91bf87212382023-01-03T10:42:42ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722022-06-01161567410.5964/ijpr.6427ijpr.6427A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment BatteryLachlan A. McWilliams0Ashley Coveney1Department of Psychology & Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaDepartment of Psychology & Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaThe Tripartite Attachment Battery (TAB) includes scales assessing attachment security, organized insecurity (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), and disorganized attachment. This recently developed series of measures provides expanded options for assessing attachment characteristics (e.g., a scale that directly assesses attachment security) and may improve the assessment of attachment anxiety and avoidance by including items capturing the secondary attachment strategies associated with them (viz., hyperactivation and deactivation). The present study utilized a community sample (N = 386) to evaluate and refine these scales. Factor analyses were conducted to: (a) examine the dimensionality of each TAB scale, and (b) guide the creation of empirically-derived subscales. The Secure Attachment Scale and the Organized Insecurity Scale were multidimensional. The Disorganized Attachment Scale was unidimensional. Most of the empirically-derived measures had internal consistency and test-retest reliability levels in the range considered adequate or better. Their correlations with a measure of psychopathology provided preliminary support for their construct validity. The TAB scales are promising measures of adult attachment characteristics. Further investigation of their psychometric properties is warranted.https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/6427attachment theoryattachment behaviorattachment securityattachment measurement |
| spellingShingle | Lachlan A. McWilliams Ashley Coveney A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships attachment theory attachment behavior attachment security attachment measurement |
| title | A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery |
| title_full | A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery |
| title_fullStr | A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery |
| title_short | A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tripartite Attachment Battery |
| title_sort | psychometric evaluation of the tripartite attachment battery |
| topic | attachment theory attachment behavior attachment security attachment measurement |
| url | https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/6427 |
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