What's Your Attachment Style?
A 36-question quiz based on attachment theory to reveal how you love: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, or fearful-avoidant.
36 questions
7 min
Instructions
Think about how you generally feel and behave in romantic relationships — not just in your current situation. Read each statement and choose the answer that best describes you overall. There are no right or wrong answers; go with your honest first instinct.Original items; construct based on ECR-R / Bartholomew attachment model (no copyrighted items reproduced).
Citations
- Fraley, R. C., Waller, N. G., & Brennan, K. A. (2000). Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R). Items and scoring: https://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/measures/ecrritems.htm Construct reference for the two dimensional anxiety/avoidance model and scoring approach; original ecr r items were not reproduced.
- Bartholomew, K., & Horowitz, L. M. (1991). Attachment styles among young adults: A test of a four-category model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61(2), 226-244. Basis for the four category model (secure, preoccupied/anxious, dismissing avoidant, fearful avoidant) used for result profiles.
- Fraley, R. C., & Spieker, S. J. (2003). Are infant attachment patterns continuously or categorically distributed? A taxometric analysis of Strange Situation behavior. Developmental Psychology, 39(3), 387-404. Supporting reference for treating anxiety and avoidance as continuous dimensions with a midpoint split.