Adult Attachment Style Assessment (ECR Original)
Developed by Brennan, Clark, and Shaver (1998), the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) inventory is the gold-standard instrument for measuring adult romantic attachment. It evaluates your relationship habits across two core dimensions: Attachment Anxiety and Attachment Avoidance.
What Your Score Report Includes
Upon completing all 18 items, you will immediately receive an in-depth psychometric breakdown calculated directly against empirical population norms.
Four-Quadrant Attachment Mapping
An exact coordinate placement classifying you into Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, or Fearful-Avoidant.
Conflict & De-escalation Dynamics
Analysis of your typical stress responses, protest behaviors, or emotional withdrawal patterns during relationship friction.
Breaking the Pursuer-Distancer Cycle
An explanation of the common anxious-avoidant relationship trap and strategies to break repetitive push-pull cycles.
The Earned Security Action Plan
Actionable communication practices to express feelings directly without panic or withdrawal.
Dimensions & Traits Evaluated
Our instrument measures variance across the following empirically validated psychological dimensions:
Degree to which an individual worries about a partner’s availability, love, and consistency.
Low anxiety: Naturally confident in partner’s commitment; does not hyper-monitor relationships for rejection cues.
Moderate anxiety: Experiences occasional insecurity during conflict or communication lulls.
High anxiety: Hyper-vigilant for rejection cues, desires frequent reassurance, sensitive to emotional tone.
Degree to which an individual limits emotional intimacy, self-disclosure, and interdependence in romantic bonds.
Low avoidance: Comfortable with deep intimacy, emotional vulnerability, and healthy interdependence.
Moderate avoidance: Enjoys closeness while maintaining healthy personal autonomy.
High avoidance: Equates intimacy with loss of independence; pulls back when emotional bonds deepen.
Scientific Background & Psychometric Validity
Stemming from John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’s attachment theory, adult attachment research demonstrates that people develop cognitive schemas regarding intimacy, safety, and emotional vulnerability.
Crossing the two continuous axes of Attachment Anxiety and Attachment Avoidance generates four prototypical styles: Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, and Fearful-Avoidant.
Our test uses authentic ECR question phrasing and standard agreement scaling.
Who Should Take This Assessment
Adults looking to understand their emotional patterns, intimacy triggers, and communication tendencies in relationships
Assessment Instructions
Answer spontaneously according to your true habits and feelings, rather than what you feel is 'ideal' or expected by others. There are no right or wrong answers.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Adult Attachment Style Test
The Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) inventory is the primary empirical self-report scale used in relationship psychology research to assess adult attachment style.
Ready to Discover Your Results?
Takes approximately 6 minutes. Completely free, anonymous, and calculated securely in your browser.
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