Assessing Adult Attachment Across Different Contexts: Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships–Relationship Structures Questionnaire

Moreira, Helena; Martins, Teresa; Gouveia, Maria João; Canavarro, Maria Cristina

doi:10.1080/00223891.2014.950377

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“…The first studies that assessed the psychometric properties of the ECR-RS presented results that corroborated the theoretical expectations regarding the two-dimensional structure of the instrument in a sample of 14,781 Americans, 1,852 Londoners and 1,232 Canadians who answered the instrument online (Fraley et al, 2011). The internal structure was confirmed by Moreira, Martins, Gouveia and Canavarro (2015) in a sample of 236 Portuguese individuals. In relation to the evidence of the ECR-RS reliability, of internal consistency indices, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, estimated in studies by Fraley et al (2011) and Moreira et al (2015) varied between 0.75 and 0.91 for anxious attachment factor and between 0.87 and 0.92 for avoidant attachment factor, suggesting appropriate accuracy of both subscales.…”

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“…The internal structure was confirmed by Moreira, Martins, Gouveia and Canavarro (2015) in a sample of 236 Portuguese individuals. In relation to the evidence of the ECR-RS reliability, of internal consistency indices, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, estimated in studies by Fraley et al (2011) and Moreira et al (2015) varied between 0.75 and 0.91 for anxious attachment factor and between 0.87 and 0.92 for avoidant attachment factor, suggesting appropriate accuracy of both subscales.…”

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“…In accordance with the posed development of the ECR-RS to measure the type of attachment established in different close relationships, the psychometric properties of the scales were assessed separately, taking each one as a different instrument. This procedure has been adopted in the original study (Fraley et al, 2011) and in the adapted Portuguese version from Portugal (Moreira et al, 2015).…”

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“…In relation to the symptoms of depression, assessed by the Center of Epidemiological Studies -Depression Scale (CES-D), positive correlations were found between the insecure styles and number of depressive symptoms. Finally, Moreira et al (2015) evaluated the correlation between factors of ECR-RS with relationship quality (Relationship quality), Shame (External shame) and symptoms of anxiety and depression (Anxiety and depression symptoms). As theoretically expected, moderate and significant negative associations were obtained, with quality of relationships (r between -0.17 and 0.52); positive and moderate with shame (r between 0.21 and 0.39); and positive, weak and moderate with depression (r between 0.19 and 0.33) and anxiety (r between 17 and 0.33).…”

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The Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures Questionnaire (ECR-RS): validity evidence and reliability

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The ECR-RS assesses attachment in close relationships: father, mother, romantic partners and friends. Each relationship is assessed by a scale that theoretically comprises two factors: anxious and avoidant attachment. The main goals of this research was to estimate the first evidences of internal structure validity and reliability of the ECR-RS Brazilian version, and describe the item parameters and participants' characteristics. The sample comprised 251 participants (mean age: 28.21 ± 10.29; 81.95% women). The categorical Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed two-dimensional structure of the scales, as theoretically hypothesized, with desirable internal consistency indexes. The Rasch-Masters Partial Credit Mode indicated that the instrument items have a level of difficulty close to the mean and suitable adjustments indexes (Infit/Outfit), and summarized description of participants' theta levels. The results suggest that the instrument is an appropriate measure of attachment in adults. Keywords: attachment behavior, psychotherapy, psychological, assessment, scale, item response theory. Questionário de Estruturas Relacionais (ECR-RS): Evidências de Validade de Construto e PrecisãoResumo O ECR-RS avalia os estilos de vínculo estabelecidos em relacionamentos com pessoas próximas: pai, mãe, companheiro(a) e amigo(a). Cada relacionamento é avaliado por uma escala que teoricamente compreende dois fatores: apego ansioso e evitativo. Essa pesquisa teve como principais objetivos estimar as primeiras evidências de validade da estrutura interna e precisão da versão brasileira do ECR-RS e descrever os parâmetros dos itens e características dos participantes. A amostra foi composta por 251 participantes (idade média: 28,21 ± 10,29; 81,95% mulheres). Análise Fatorial Exploratória categórica revelou estrutura bidimensional das escalas, conforme hipótese teórica, com índices desejáveis de consistência interna. O Modelo de Créditos Parciais demostrou índices de dificuldade próximos da média e ajustes adequados (Infit/Outfit) para os itens do ECR-RS, bem como descrição sumarizada dos níveis de theta dos participantes. Os resultados sugerem que o instrumento é uma medida adequada de apego em adultos. Palavras-chave: comportamento de apego, psicoterapia, avaliação psicológica, escala, teoria de resposta ao item Cuestionario de Estructuras Relacionales (ECR-RS): Evidencias de Validez de Constructo y PrecisiónResumen El ECR-RS evalúa los estilos de vínculo establecidos en las relaciones con personas cercanas: padre, madre, compañero(a) y amigo(a). Cada relación es evaluada por una escala que teóricamente comprende dos factores: vínculo ansioso y vínculo evitativo. Esta investigación tuvo como principales objetivos estimar las primeras evidencias de validez de la estructura interna y precisión de la versión brasileña del ECR-RS, y describir los parámetros de los ítems y características de los participantes. La muestra fue realizada por 251 participantes (edad promedio: 28,21±10,29; 81,95% mujeres). El Análisis Factorial Explora...

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“…Finally, we assessed parents' attachment orientations only in romantic relationships. Although romantic relationships are considered prototypical adult attachment relationships, it is important to note 14 that people's attachment orientations may differ depending on the relationship (Fraley et al, 2011;Moreira, Martins, et al, 2015). Therefore, it would be interesting for future studies to analyze attachment to different figures with regard to the associations explored in this study.…”

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Parental attachment insecurity and parenting stress: The mediating role of parents’ perceived impact of children’s diabetes on the family.

Moreira¹,

Canavarro²

2016

Families, Systems, & Health

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Introduction:Caring for a child with diabetes is a demanding and potentially stressful task for parents. Although secure attachment can be considered a resilience factor that helps an individual to cope with stressful life events, the idea that secure parents are better able to cope with a child's chronic health condition, such as diabetes, has rarely been investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether attachment-related anxiety and avoidance are associated with parenting stress in parents of children and adolescents with diabetes and whether this association is mediated by parents' perception of the impact of diabetes on the family and moderated by children's age and duration of diabetes. Method: A sample of 105 parents (92.4% mothers) completed self-report measures of attachment, parenting stress, and perceived impact. Results: Higher levels of attachment avoidance (but not anxiety) were associated with higher levels of parenting stress through an increased negative perception of the impact of diabetes. Discussion: This study suggests that parents with higher levels of avoidance are at higher risk of experiencing greater parenting stress and perceiving their child's condition as more burdensome.

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Adolescents' attachment, quality of relationships with residential caregivers, and emotion regulation

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Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Adolescents in residential care are more likely to report insecure and especially disorganized attachments, which lead to difficulties in emotion regulation and compromise the quality of their interpersonal relationships. In residential care, it is expected that sensitive and responsive caregivers are able to help adolescents regulate their feelings of distress, enabling them to experience a sense of emotional security. The present study sought to analyze the effects of the quality of attachment on emotion regulation and to test the moderating effect of quality of relationship (from adolescents' and caregivers' perspectives) on this association. Methods The sample involved 306 adolescents, 12–18 years of age, living in residential care and 70 caregivers. Results The findings underscored the importance of the quality of the relationship with residential caregivers on adolescents' emotion regulation competencies over time. The results also showed that the quality of relationship (emotional closeness) as perceived by the caregivers moderated the association between adolescents' attachment avoidance levels and their emotion regulation strategies. Conclusions The results are discussed according to attachment theory, and underscore the role the relationship with caregivers plays in the affective reorganization of adolescents living in residential care.

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Assessing Adult Attachment Across Different Contexts: Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships–Relationship Structures Questionnaire

Cited by 67 publications

References 32 publications

The Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures Questionnaire (ECR-RS): validity evidence and reliability

The Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures Questionnaire (ECR-RS): validity evidence and reliability

Parental attachment insecurity and parenting stress: The mediating role of parents’ perceived impact of children’s diabetes on the family.

Adolescents' attachment, quality of relationships with residential caregivers, and emotion regulation

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