Adult Attachment Scale (and Revised AAS).
AAS / RAAS
Adult attachment on subscales Close, Depend, and Anxiety (AAS); the RAAS reorganizes toward Avoidance (Close+Depend) and Anxiety
- Length and format
- 18 items. 5-point (not at all to very characteristic) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Multiple languages incl. Italian (AAS-R) and others
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1990). Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58(4), 644-663.
More in Developmental, child, family and couple
- ABAS-3 - Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition
varies by form (~232-241 items per age-band form). copyrighted - commercial.
- AAI - Adult Attachment Interview
~20 interview questions (semistructured protocol); coded on 9-point state-of-mind and experience scales. copyrighted - author permission.
- ATQ - Adult Temperament Questionnaire
77 (short form); a long form (~249 items) also exists. copyrighted - author permission.
- ASQ-3 - Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition
30 items per age interval (21 age-specific questionnaires), 6 per domain. copyrighted - commercial.
- APQ - Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
42 (full); 9 (APQ-9 short). copyrighted - author permission.
- AQS - Attachment Q-Set
90 (Q-sort items). open with attribution.
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