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Developmental, child, family and couple

Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised.

ECR-R

What it measures
Adult attachment Anxiety and Avoidance (IRT-refined item set from the ECR pool)
Length and format
36 (18 anxiety + 18 avoidance). 7-point (strongly disagree to strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Dozens of languages incl. ES, FR, DE, NL, IT, ZH, PT, JP and more
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Fraley, R. C., Waller, N. G., & Brennan, K. A. (2000). An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(2), 350-365. (https://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/measures/ecrr.htm)

https://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/measures/ecrr.htm

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