Development and Properties of the Adolescent Friendship Attachment Scale

Autor/in	Wilkinson, Ross B.
Titel	Development and Properties of the Adolescent Friendship Attachment Scale
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 10, S.1270-1279 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9141-7
Schlagwörter	Test Validity; Factor Structure; Attachment Behavior; Friendship; Adolescents; Peer Groups; Measures (Individuals); Test Construction; Peer Relationship; Factor Analysis; Psychological Patterns; Test Reliability; Questionnaires; Parent Child Relationship; Psychometrics; Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; Faktorenstruktur; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Freundschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Messdaten; Testaufbau; Peer-Beziehungen; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Fragebogen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Psychometry; Psychometrie
Abstract	Two studies are reported presenting the development of the Adolescent Friendship Attachment Scale (AFAS), a 30 item self-report measure of adolescent close friendship conceptualized as an attachment relationship. Study One reports the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with a sample of 490 adolescents aged 13 to 19 years. A second-order factor model was supported with a single friendship attachment factor underlying three first order factors (Secure, Anxious/Ambivalent, Avoidant) similar to those reported in the broader attachment literature. The AFAS subscales were found to be appropriately reliable and demonstrated appropriate convergent and discriminant validity when compared to measures of attachment styles (the Relationship Questionnaire) and parental and peer group attachment (the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment). Study Two reports a successful replication of the factor structure with an independent sample of 787 adolescents. Further research evaluating the predictive utility of the AFAS is recommended. (As Provided).
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