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No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. The short version of the Bielefeld Partnership Expectations Questionnaire BPEQ assesses the partner-related attachment dimensions fear of rejection, readiness for self-disclosure, and conscious need for care. The presented study investigated the factor structure in two samples and evaluated the convergent validity of scales. We conclude that fear of rejection and readiness for self-disclosure of the BPEQ are reliable and valid scales for measuring partner-related attachment in healthy and clinical samples.
Keywords: adult attachment, self-rating, anxiety disorder, factor analysis, scales, relationship. The concept of the internal working model Bowlby, , is of central importance for the theory of adult attachment. Research has shown that the development of attachment-specific internal working models of the self and others influence emotion regulation and interpersonal patterns in childhood as well as later experiences in close relationships Mikulincer et al.
A further milestone in attachment research is the typology of the secure, avoidant, and anxious-ambivalent attachment style by Ainsworth et al. A highly discussed topic is the measurement of adult attachment Garbarino, ; Roisman et al. Furthermore, the instruments differ in regard to the focus on the respective attachment figure mother, father, current partner and type of assessment self-ratings, semi-protective methods, or expert ratings based on interviews.
However, the different attachment instruments have no convergent validity or moderate at best Shaver et al. It is assumed that convergent validity is higher, the more the two instruments match regarding method, domain, and concept Bartholomew and Shaver, Regarding the validity of the BPEQ scales, hypothesis-conform correlations were found with social support, relationship satisfaction Petrowski et al.
