The test you just completed is the Measure of
Attachment Qualities (MAQ), a measure of adult attachment patterns. It
has a scale to assess secure attachment tendencies, a scale to assess
avoidant tendencies, and two scales reflecting aspects of the
anxious-ambivalent pattern.
Items 4, 8, and 9 are reverse coded
(change 1 to 4, 2 to 3, 3 to 2, and 4 to 1).
Security = (Items 1 + 7 + 14) / 3.
Avoidance = (Items 4 + 6 + 8 + 11 + 13) / 5.
Ambivalence-worry = (Items 2 + 5 + 9) / 3.
Ambivalence-merger = (Items 3 + 10 + 12) / 3.
Scale scores above the midpoint (2.5) suggest you tend
to agree more than disagree with the items on that scale. Scale scores
below the midpoint (2.5) suggest you tend to disagree more than agree with
those statements. This test was designed to be used for research on groups
of people, and not for categorizing or labeling any individual respondent,
including you. For more information, see: Carver, C. S. (1997). Adult
attachment and personality: Converging evidence and a new measure.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 865-883.
Part 3) Submit your homework:
Please complete and submit your homework for this module through
Blackboard prior to its due date and time. Late submittals will not be accepted.
