Validation of a 16-Item Short Form of the Czech Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Revised Questionnaire in a Representative Sample

Abstract

The aim of this study was to create a shorter Czech version (ECR-R-16) of the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-R) questionnaire and to assess its psychometric properties. Data from a representative sample of the Czech population from 15 to 90 years old (N = 1000, M age = 46.0 years, SD = 17.3) were collected using a face-to-face structured interview in 2014. The developed short form of the Czech version of the ECR-R showed good internal consistency (alphas varied from .84 to .90), and both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses replicated the two-dimensional model. The results also demonstrated concurrent validity with measures of neuroticism, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect. People living with a partner and people with higher educational levels had significantly lower Avoidance scores than people living alone and people with lower educational levels. It was concluded that the ECR-R-16 questionnaire has good psychometric properties and is a valid assessment method in the Czech cultural context, suitable for research and clinical studies, when the shorter form of a measure is desirable.

A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Experiences in Close Relationships — Revised — General Short Form (ECR-R-GSF) in an Australian and a Chinese Sample

“…This study sought to examine its factor structure with an alternative Australian sample and to test its cross-cultural validity in a Chinese sample for the first time. Both scales of the ECR-R-GSF, Anxiety and Avoidance, demonstrated good internal reliability in the Australian sample, similar to previous findings on Australian samples (Pepping & Duvenage, 2015;Wilkinson, 2011) and also to the two other short forms of the ECR-R developed on non-English speaking European samples (Brenk-Franz et al, 2018;Kaščáková et al, 2016).…”

“…There have been a few short forms of the ECR-R developed in Thai (Wongpakaran & Wongpakaran, 2012), Czech (Kaščáková et al, 2016), and German (Brenk-Franz et al, 2018) to measure romantic attachment experiences. Same as the ECR-R, this line of research yielded mixed evidence about the two-factor structure, with the CFIs (the robust comparative fit index; Bentler, 1990) ranging from .92 to .99 and the RMSEAs (the robust root mean squared error of approximation; Browne & Cudeck, 1993) from .014 to .076.…”

Childhood Trauma and Experience in Close Relationships Are Associated with the God Image: Does Religiosity Make a Difference?

“…It is composed of 16 items that measure two dimensions of an attachment-related experience. It was validated for the Czech environment [46,47]. The questionnaire is split into two subscales, with each subscale consisting of 8 items.…”

Psychometric Properties of the Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement Scale in a Community Sample of Turkish Adults

“…The Avoidance subscale involves questions signifying avoidant attachment, such as being reserved in relationships, preference for alone time, and being scared of intimacy (sample item: I prefer not to show a partner how I feel deep down.). The ECCR has been adapted and validated in multiple countries, such as Greece, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France, and China, and has demonstrated sufficient reliability and validity (Kasčaková et al, 2016). The Turkish version was adapted by Selçuk et al (2005) using a college student sample ( N = 256), and internal reliability of the Anxiety and Avoidance subscales were high, with Cronbach's alphas of 0.86 and 0.90, respectively.…”