A New Measure for an Important Construct: The Attachment and Object Relations Inventory

Buelow, George; McClain, Mark S.; McIntosh, Irene

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“…We reverse scored specific items and then summed all items to create six subscale scores, with higher scores indicating views of others as accessible and responsive and relationships as meaningful and important (i.e., Parent, Partner, and Peer subscales) as well as views of the self as able to form healthy relationships (i.e., Secure, Close, and Independent subscales). Those subscales show adequate internal consistency (α > .70); test-retest reliability of .92 over a 6-week period, and adequate convergent and discriminant validity (Buelow et al, 1996).…”

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“…Participants completed the Attachment and Object Relations Inventory (AORI; Buelow, McClain, & McIntosh, 1996). Participants rated 60 statements using a Likert-type scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) to reflect perceptions of relationships with parents (e.g., "My parents are approachable"), a romantic partner (e.g., "My romantic partner is there for me when I need him/her"), and others or peers (e.g., "Friends help me when I ask"), as well as views of the self as being able to form secure (e.g., "I am a very secure person"), independent (e.g., "I live by my own rules"), and close (e.g., "I feel comfortable having others emotionally close to me") relationships with others.…”

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Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers: Associations With Current Relationship Quality

Dalton

Frick-Horbury

Kitzmann

2006

The Journal of General Psychology

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The authors examined retrospective reports of both mothers' and fathers' parenting and young adults' (N = 75) relationship quality. Multiple regression analyses showed that, as predicted, young adults' retrospective reports of the positive parenting they experienced as children were significantly related to the extent by which they currently viewed (a) others as accessible and responsive, (b) their relationships with others as meaningful and important, and (c) themselves as able to form healthy relationships. Although both mothers' and fathers' parenting related to the quality of current relationships with parents, only reports of fathers' parenting were related to the quality of current relationships with a romantic partner. Fathers' parenting was also related to views of the self as being able to form secure and close relationships. The authors address both methodological and substantive explanations for these results.

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Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers: Associations With Current Relationship Quality

Dalton

Frick-Horbury

Kitzmann

2006

The Journal of General Psychology

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“…In this study, the coefficient alpha was .76. Buelow, McClain, & Mclntosh, 1996), The AORI is a 60-item scale measuring internal representations of significant others and views of the self as worthy of acceptance. There are six, 10-item subscales, three measuring aspects of the self as able to form Close (e.g., "I keep my emotional distance in relationships").…”

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How do underlying "self" and "other" dimensions define adult attachment styles?

Ross¹,

McKim

DiTommaso

2006

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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Assumptions about dimensions underlying the four prototype model of adult attachment were explored in two studies. In the first {N = 225), associations between attachment prototype ratings and standardized measures of self and others in relationships were examined. In a second study (N = 246), measures of anxiety and avoidance were added to the analyses. Findings from correlational and hierarchical regression analyses provided support for the notion, contrary to assumptions of the model, that qualitatively different self and other dimensions underlie different attachment styles. Results are discussed in terms of the lack of equivalency in measures of "self and "other" proposed to underly each of the four attachment style ratings, the need to view attachment styles as complementary rather than mutually exclusive, and the need to continue exploration of the dimensions informing attachment. ResumeLes hypoth&ses relatives aux dimensions qui sous-tendent le modfele h quatre prototypes de styles d'attachement chez l'adulte a fait l'objet de deux etudes. Dans une premifere etude (N = 225) les associations entre les evaluations des styles d'attachement et les mesures standardisees des representations de soi et des autres ont ete examinees. Dans une seconde etude, des mesures d'anxiete et d'evitement ont ete ajoutees aux analyses. Les resultats des analyses de correlation et des analyses de regression hierarchique appuient la conclusion, contraire aux hypotheses postuiees par le module, que des dimensions qualitativement differentes de la representation de soi et de l'autre sous-tendent differents styles d'attachement. Les resultats sont discutes en termes de defaut d'equivalence des mesures de soi et de l'autre proposees pour evaluer les quatre styles d'attachement. La discussion insiste egalement sur la necessite de poursuivre l'exploration des dimensions qui fondent l'attachement, en considerant les styles d'attachement comme compiementaires plutot que mutuellement exclusifs.

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“…Despite the similarities just discussed, data suggest that the constructs tapped by the object relations theory and those of the attachment theory are related but distinct (Buelow, McClain, & McIntosh, 1996;Priel & Besser, 2001). Thus, it is important to examine associations between the two fi elds to better understand how they are related (Cassidy, 2002).…”

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Relationship between the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale (SCORS) and attachment style in a clinical sample

Stein

Siefert

Stewart

et al. 2010

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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This present study examined the relationship between the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale (SCORS) and two measures of adult attachment: the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) and the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire-Revised (ECR-R). Forty-five patients (76% female) at a university-based outpatient treatment clinic participated in this study. We hypothesized that higher levels of attachment security would be associated with higher, more adaptive ratings on the SCORS variables. Results indicated that the SCORS Self-Esteem (SE) variable was significantly positively related to the RQ's Secure Attachment ratings and negatively related with the ECR-R's Anxious Attachment scale. Additionally, negative trends were noted between SE and the RQ's Fearful and Preoccupied Attachment scores. The SCORS Emotional Investments in Relationships and Affective Quality of Representations variables were associated with higher Secure scores and lower, more maladaptive Preoccupied scores on the RQ. It was also associated with greater attachment anxiety as measured by the ECR-R. Using both clinician (SCORS) and participant-rated measures (ECR-R and RQ), this study provides further understanding on how object representations and attachment style relate within a clinical sample. Results are discussed in light of prior research examining relationships between object relations and adult attachments, and clinical implications are also reviewed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Message: • Individuals with higher levels of attachment anxiety may enter therapy with more self-image problems. • Individuals with higher levels of attachment anxiety may enter therapy with more maladaptive expectations about relationships. • Patients who endorse high levels of attachment anxiety (e.g., fearful and preoccupied) may be more likely to present with Axis II complaints. • Examining a patient's attachment style and object relations using different measures of assessment (e.g., explicit and implicit) can help gain a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of a patient.

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A New Measure for an Important Construct: The Attachment and Object Relations Inventory

Cited by 33 publications

References 37 publications

Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers: Associations With Current Relationship Quality

Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers: Associations With Current Relationship Quality

How do underlying "self" and "other" dimensions define adult attachment styles?

Relationship between the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale (SCORS) and attachment style in a clinical sample

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