A bifactorial approach to the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised scale
A bifactorial approach to the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised scale
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Machan, Laura
Bale, Christopher
Boduszek, Daniel
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2025-01
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Personality and Individual Differences
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233
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1-7
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0191-8869
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2024-10-22
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The Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) scale has been argued to be the most robust measure of adult attachment to date. However, while previous authors propose that the ECR-R contains a 2-factor model of attachment with the factors representing anxious and avoidant attachment, none have considered a bifactor model of attachment (i.e., an overarching factor of attachment security, together with additional latent variables representing anxious and avoidant attachment) and several have applied, arguably unnecessary, data parcelling. In the current study, 911 participants completed the ECR-R and measures of several associated variables to assess differential predictive validity. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the bifactor model was found to be the best fit to the data. These findings have important implications for evaluating previous research which has used the ECR-R. The practical implications of these are discussed.
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Attachment
Bifactor
Factor analysis
Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised
Bifactor
Factor analysis
Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised
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