Abstract

The Experiences in Close Relationships (Brennan et al, Attachment theory and close relationships, 1998) questionnaire is one of the most widely used measures of adult romantic attachment. Despite the advantages of the ECR, the length of this measure may discourage its use in clinical and research contexts. Consequently, the goal of this study was to develop a brief Spanish version of the ECR questionnaire and to examine its psychometric properties when administered to six different Spanish-speaking samples from Chile. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the two-dimensional structure of the ECR and its invariance across gender. Results also supported the reliability and concurrent validity of our brief Spanish version of the ECR (i.e., Spanish ECR-12), by its association with measures of emotion regulation, dyadic empathy, psychological distress and well-being, and relationship satisfaction. The Spanish ECR-12 can be used by researchers and clinical professionals as an abridged measure of adult attachment.

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Title
Measuring adult romantic attachment: psychometric properties of the brief Spanish version of the experiences in close relationships
Author
Guzmán-González Mónica 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rivera-Ottenberger, Diana 2 ; Brassard, Audrey 3 ; Spencer, Rosario 4 ; Lafontaine Marie-France 5 

1  Universidad Católica del Norte, School of Psychology, Antofagasta, Chile (GRID:grid.8049.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2291 598X) 
2  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality (MIDAP), School of Psychology, Santiago, Chile (GRID:grid.7870.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2157 0406) 
3  University of Sherbrooke, Department of Psychology, Québec, Canada (GRID:grid.86715.3d) (ISNI:0000 0000 9064 6198) 
4  Universidad de Talca, Programa de Investigación Asociativa (PIA) en Ciencias Cognitivas, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas (CICC), Talca, Chile (GRID:grid.10999.38) (ISNI:0000 0001 0036 2536) 
5  University of Ottawa, School of Psychology, Ottawa, Canada (GRID:grid.28046.38) (ISNI:0000 0001 2182 2255) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
01027972
e-ISSN
16787153
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-020-00145-w
ProQuest document ID
2429904662
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.