Preliminary Validation of a Short-Form Version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire for Use in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Practice
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Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Evidence-Based Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation (RRTC-EBP VR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Stout U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research H133B100034
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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
7-18-2018
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a short-form version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) in people with disabilities. The construction sample consisted of 108 participants recruited from spinal cord injury (SCI) advocacy organizations. The cross-validation sample comprised 140 individuals with traumatic injuries recruited from a rehabilitation hospital. Measures administered were the ASQ, Trait Hope Scale, Sense of Coherence Scale, and Satisfaction With Life Scale. Results showed that the three subscales of secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment from the short-form ASQ had high correlations with the three subscales from the long-form ASQ. The reliability of the subscales for the short-form ASQ was adequate and similar to the long-form ASQ. Both the short- and long-form ASQ subscales were found to correlate with hope, sense of coherence, and subjective well-being in the expected theoretical directions. Confirmatory factor analysis also supported the three-factor measurement structure of the short-form ASQ. This study provides evidence to support the psychometric properties of the abbreviated ASQ in people with disabilities. The short-form version of the ASQ is a brief, reliable, and psychometrically sound measure of attachment that can be used in clinical rehabilitation counseling research and practice.
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© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2017
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DOI
10.1177/0034355217709477
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26482
Citation Details
Iwanaga, K., Blake, J., Yaghmaian, R., Umucu, E., Chan, F., Brooks, J. M., ... & Tansey, T. N. (2018). Preliminary Validation of a Short-Form Version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire for Use in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Practice. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 61(4), 205-216.