Comparing attachment across relationship domains: Measure of attachment for romantic partners, same-sex friends, and opposite-sex friends

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dc.contributor.advisorFuhrman, Robert W.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Kimberly D.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFlannagan, Dorothy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBaumann, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-08T15:44:55Z
dc.date.available2024-03-08T15:44:55Z
dc.date.issued2009
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dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to develop a battery of measures designed to assess attachment styles across three relationship types; romantic partners, same-sex friendships, and opposite-sex friendships. Three hundred and twenty participant pool subjects completed a questionnaire consisting of 160-likert type attachment items. Data reduction indicated that same-sex friends (54.771%), opposite-sex friends, (54.779%), and romantic partners (51.389%) all accounted for a significant amount of the overall variance. The final measure consisted of 27 items, with 9 items loading on each factor of secure, avoidant, and ambivalent. Contrary to some attachment theorists (Barthlowmew & Horowitz, 1991), we only found evidence for 3 distinct attachment constructs. This may be due to the differential nature of the behavioral patterns between different types of relationships (Furman & Buhrmester, 1985).
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.format.extent69 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9781109123760
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/5753
dc.languageen
dc.subjectAttachment
dc.subjectMeasurement
dc.subjectOpposite-Sex Friends
dc.subjectRomantic Partners
dc.subjectSame-Sex Friends
dc.subject.classificationQuantitative psychology
dc.subject.classificationClinical psychology
dc.subject.classificationSocial psychology
dc.subject.lcshAttachment behavior -- Testing
dc.subject.lcshInterpersonal relations
dc.subject.lcshFriendship
dc.titleComparing attachment across relationship domains: Measure of attachment for romantic partners, same-sex friends, and opposite-sex friends
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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