%0 Journal Article
%T Attachment Avoidance and Anxiety in Adolescence: Turkish Adaptation of the Experiences in Close Relationships
%A Sava£¿ Karata£¿
%A £¿lkay Demir
%J Psychological Reports
%@ 1558-691X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0033294118785562
%X The aim of the present study is to test the factor structure and reliability of the Experience of Close Relationships-Relationship Structures Scale (ECR-RS) mother, father, romantic partner, close friend forms among Turkish adolescents. In order to test the structure validity of the ECR-RS, exploratory factor analysis is performed on a sample of 214 participants in Study 1, and to further investigate the structure validity, confirmatory factor analysis is performed on a second sample of 286 participants in Study 2. Within the scope of the reliability studies of the ECR-RS, internal reliability and test¨Cretest reliability of the Turkish ECR-RS are also tested. The results of the explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach¡¯s alpha coefficients, and test¨Cretest reliability scores supported the original two-factor structure (attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety) for all forms of the ECR-RS among Turkish adolescents
%K Adolescent attachment
%K attachment anxiety
%K attachment avoidance
%K construct validity
%K reliability
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0033294118785562