Author, as appears in the article.: Morales-Vives, Fabia; Ferre-Rey, Gisela; Ferrando, Pere J; Camps, Misericordia
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Camps Llauradó, Misericòrdia / Ferrando Piera, Pere Joan / Ferré Rey, Gisela / Morales Vives, Fàbia
Keywords: Version Validity Structural model Spain Questionnaire Personality assessment Personality Maternal care Major clinical study Human experiment Human Female Emotional stability Controlled study Construct-validation Associations Article Adult
Abstract: Many studies show the importance of adult attachment styles and their impact on social and emotional adaptation in adulthood. However, there is no agreement about whether attachment should be regarded as typological or dimensional, and some authors have proposed reconciling both options, so that adult attachment styles can be assessed more accurately and realistically. In this study we have adopted this comprehensive view and used Factor Mixture Analysis, the most appropriate model for assessing this mixture view. More specifically, we attempted to determine the nature and types (if any) of attachment styles that can be assessed with the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (CAA), using this mixture view. A total of 515 adults from Spain took part, with ages between 18 and 56 years old. In addition to the CAA questionnaire, they completed the Parental Bonding Instrument and the emotional stability subscale of the Overall Personality Assessment Scale. On the basis of the CAA scores, the results show that only two profiles-insecure attachment and normal-range-can be univocally differentiated. Furthermore, the results of a full multiple-group structural model show that each of these profiles has a different pattern of validity relations with the external variables maternal care, maternal overprotection and emotional stability. These differential validity results reinforce the general hypothesis that two differentiated clusters of individuals can be distinguished on the basis of the responses to the CAA items.
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licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: gisela.ferre@urv.cat gisela.ferre@urv.cat perejoan.ferrando@urv.cat fabia.morales@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-3133-5466 0000-0002-2095-0244
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254342
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Plos One. 16 (7): e0254342-
APA: Morales-Vives, Fabia; Ferre-Rey, Gisela; Ferrando, Pere J; Camps, Misericordia (2021). Balancing typological and dimensional approaches: Assessment of adult attachment styles with Factor Mixture Analysis. Plos One, 16(7), e0254342-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254342
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254342
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications