ABSTRACT

Objective: In view of the persisting conceptual confusion related to the convergence of attachment measures, we investigated several common measures within a clinical and a non-clinical sample, tested the convergence/divergence of different measures, and tried to find a dimensional model. Method: 175 patients with panic disorder/agoraphobia and 143 matched non-clinical individuals completed seven self-report attachment measures/ clinical self-reports and were interviewed by applying the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), the Adult Attachment Rating (AAR) and the Adult Attachment Projective (AAP). Results: The categorical and most dimensional attachment measures differentiated between the samples. The convergence of the categorical measures was low, whereas we found moderate to high correlations between similar scales in the dimensional self-report measures. Expectedly, the convergence of dimensional and categorical attachment measures was low. In a factorial (exploratory as well as confirmatory) model, four independent dimensions were extracted reflecting self-rated attachment anxiety and avoidance, the categories of the AAI and those of the AAP, indicating significant differences between the measures. Discussion: Measures of adult attachment are only partially convergent, underlining the need for clarification of which aspect of attachment is actually being assessed in individual clinical investigations. The question remains whether the different measures are in fact related to one construct.

摘要

目的：鉴于与依恋测量收敛相关的概念上持续存在的混淆，我们调查了临床和非临床样本中的几种常见测量，测试了不同测量的收敛/发散，并试图找到一个维度模型。方法： 175 名惊恐障碍/广场恐惧症患者和 143 名匹配的非临床个体完成了 7 项自我报告依恋测量/临床自我报告，并通过应用成人依恋访谈（AAI）、成人依恋评分（AAR）和成人依恋投射（AAP）。结果：分类和大多数维度的附件测量在样本之间是不同的。分类测量的收敛性很低，而我们发现维度自我报告测量中相似尺度之间的相关性为中度至高度。预期，维度和类别依恋测量的收敛性很低。在因子（探索性和验证性）模型中，提取了四个独立的维度，反映了自评的依恋焦虑和回避、AAI 的类别和 AAP 的类别，表明测量之间存在显着差异。讨论：成人依恋的衡量标准只是部分趋同，强调需要澄清在个人临床调查中实际评估依恋的哪个方面。问题仍然是不同的措施是否实际上与一个结构有关。