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Development and Validation of Parental Attachment Styles Scale for Adolescents

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  • Maryam Riaz

    (Department of Psychology (University of Gujrat, Pakistan))

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Objective: To construct an instrument and establish psychometric properties to measure parental attachment styles for adolescents in Urdu languageStudy Design:Cross-sectional analytical study.Place and Duration of Study: This research was carried out in the Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan,. 20. 20. 20. 202019 to Jan. 5 Jan. Jan. 5 52021. Material and Methods:Initial item pool (150 items), based on Ainsworth et al. (1985) attachment styles theory, intensive review of the literature,and focus group interviews (Girls=30, Boys=30. Among the 141 items, shortened by an expert panel, the pilot study retained 137 reliable items for final administration. Furthermore, 1200 adolescents (12-19 years) from the community and educational institutions were approached to gather information in district Gujrat..ereh here data wasanalyzed with the help of exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis,and reliability analysis on SPSS-22 and Amos-22.FResults: Exploratory factor analysis on SPSS-22 explored 38 reliable items for the Parental Attachment Styles scale under three -sub-factors; Secure Attachment, Anxious-Resistance Attachment,and Anxious-Avoidant Attachment,whereas 15 items were confirmed for the final instrument through model fit (P-value=.000, CFI=.947, GFI=.947, AGFI= .927, RMSEA=.064) of Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Conclusion: An assessment tool in the Urdu language to estimate Parental Attachment Styles for adolescents is competently developed and validated with 15 items and three sub-scales.

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  • Maryam Riaz, 2022. "Development and Validation of Parental Attachment Styles Scale for Adolescents," International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology, 50sea, vol. 4(6), pages 88-96, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:abq:ijist1:v:4:y:2022:i:6:p:88-96
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