We used the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ), a validated French version [28] of the original Attachment Style Measure (ASM) [45], which includes a series of 13 statements rated along a 7-point scale (from "strongly disagree" to "strongly disagree").
We used a standardized scale, the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ; [28]), which provides three scores for each individual, corresponding to the relative strength of each of the three classic attachment styles: two indices for avoidant (AVS) and anxious (AXS) attachment, and one global score for secure attachment (see Methods for more details).
Hence, a more in-depth assessment of attachment, using specific self-report questionnaires or the Adult Attachment Interview, should be considered for future studies.
In both conditions, subjects completed an attachment task based on the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP).
Students are also trained in the administration of the Adult Attachment Interview.
Tools to determine your dominant attachment style include the Adult Attachment Interview, which is meant to be administered by a clinician, or self-report questionnaires like the Attachment Styles and Close Relationships Survey.
Dr. Mary Main, developer of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), shows that early childhood relationships and experiences are extremely influential in shaping adult attachments.
The Adult Attachment Interview is a series of questions designed to determine an adult's attachment style and is based on "attachment theory," pioneered by John Bowlby in the 1950's.
There are a number of different measures of adult attachment, the most common being self-report questionnaires and coded interviews based on the Adult Attachment Interview.
Mary Main and her colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley developed an interview process called the Adult Attachment Interview to assess levels of past and current attachment.
