Measurement of Intimacy Attitudes: The Intimacy Attitude Scale-Revisited

Abstract

The study evaluated the reliability and validity of a revised version of the Intimacy Attitude Scale originally developed by Amidon. The Cronbach alpha measure of internal consistency showed alpha values between .78 and .86 in five different groups. The test-retest correlation was .57 which improved to .84 after exclusion of three extreme scores. Validity was examined by correlating with several variables. It was concluded that the revised Intimacy Attitude Scale is a reliable instrument with Some degree of Validity for use in research, diagnosis, and training.

Machiavellianism and Intimacy Attitudes in the Interpersonal Relationships

“…Nevertheless, there is still little known about the intimacy attitudes of the individuals with more pronounced Machiavellian trait in the interpersonal relationships. To help fill in the aforementioned gap in the psychological literature, this study attempts to investigate the intimacy attitudes of these individuals in their interpersonal relationships by means of the Intimacy Attitude Scale-Revised (IAS-R) (Amidon, Kumar, & Treadwell, 1983). The IAS-R was designed to measure constructs of positive intimacy and negative intimacy within the interpersonal relationships.…”

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The present study investigated the relation between Machiavellianism and intimacy attitudes in the interpersonal relationships. Male (N = 46) and female (N = 56) participants aged 18 to 51 years (M = 31.56, SD = 8.00) were recruited to complete a questionnaire containing Mach IV Scale (Christie & Geis, 1970) and Intimacy Attitude Scale-Revised (Amidon, Kumar, & Treadwell, 1983). The regression analysis has revealed that Machiavellianism is a reliable predictor of the intimacy attitude of an individual, and the hypothesis that Machiavellianism is negatively correlated with positive intimacy and positively correlated with negative intimacy has been confirmed.

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A social work study on the effect of transactional analysis on the improvement of intimacy attitude

“…The measurement instrument is intimacy attitude scale (IAS) questionnaire by Amidon et al (1983) and the Beck depression inventory (BDI). The pretest and posttest scores of the intimacy attitude scale questionnaire are analyzed in both experimental and control groups.…”

“…These days, most governmental agencies attempt to reduce the consequences of depression and there are literally several works to find good solutions to reduce the effects of this issue (Amidon et al, 1983;Fava et al 1996;Bagarozzi, 2001). Bandura (1998), for instance, investigated personal and collective efficacy in human adaptation and change.…”

“…They were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The measurement instrument is intimacy attitude scale (IAS) questionnaire by Amidon et al (1983) [Amidon, E., Kumar, V. K., & Treadwell, T. (1983). Measurement of intimacy attitudes: The intimacy attitude scale-revisited.…”