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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 20, No. 1, 55-79 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/02654075030201003

On the Dimensionality of the Attachment Style Questionnaire in Italian Clinical and Nonclinical Participants

Andrea Fossati

‘Vita-Salute’ San Raffaele Universityfossati.andrea{at}hsr.it

Judith A. Feeney

University of Queensland

Deborah Donati

Michela Donini

Liliana Novella

Maria Bagnato

Scientific Institute H San Raffaele

Elena Acquarini

University of Urbino

Cesare Maffei

‘Vita-Salute’ San Raffaele University

This study examined the utility of the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) in an Italian sample of 487 consecutively admitted psychiatric participants and an independent sample of 605 nonclinical participants. Minimum average partial analysis of data from the psychiatric sample supported the hypothesized five-factor structure of the items; furthermore, multiple-group component analysis showed that this fivefactor structure was not an artifact of differences in item distributions. The five-factor structure of the ASQ was largely replicated in the nonclinical sample. Furthermore, in both psychiatric and nonclinical samples, a two-factor higher order structure of the ASQ scales was observed. The higher order factors of Avoidance and Anxious Attachment showed meaningful relations with scales assessing parental bonding, but were not redundant with these scales. Multivariate normal mixture analysis supported the hypothesis that adult attachment patterns, as measured by the ASQ, are best considered as dimensional constructs.

Key Words: adult attachment • Attachment Style Questionnaire • multivariate mixture analysis


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