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Comparative Study

| Published: September 25, 2016

Measure of Attachment Style

Naseem Ahmad

Research scholar, Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Azmat Jahan

Research scholar, Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Nasheed Imtiaz

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.082/20160304

DOI: 10.25215/0304.082

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This paper describes the development and standardization of a measure of perceived attachment styles. The four attachment styles namely secure, avoidant insecure, ambivalent insecure, and disorganized insecure attachment proposed by Mary Ainsworth (1970), Main and Soloman 1986 (Disorganized- insecure attachment). The items are constructed on socio-cultural and educational circumstances of the individuals using mix strategy for construction of the scale by selecting the items from various attachment scales and by writing some original items. Hence the tool will be largely suitable for measuring the attachment styles among the adults and adolescents in India. The tool has good construct validity and reliability.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.082/20160304

10.25215/0304.082

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Published in   Volume 03, Issue 4, July-September, 2016