Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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Developing a Short Form of the Korean version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire-Revised

한국어 개정판 친밀관계경험 척도의 단축형 개발

  • Yun, Hyerim (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Won-Kee (Medical Research Collaboration Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Bae, Geumye (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Woo, Jungmin (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Won, Seunghee (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
  • 윤혜림 (경북대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이원기 (경북대학교병원 의학연구협력센터) ;
  • 배금예 (경북대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이상원 (경북대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 우정민 (경북대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 원승희 (경북대학교병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2017.08.17
  • Accepted : 2017.10.23
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

Objective : The experiences in close relationships questionnaire-revised (ECR-R) (Fraley, Waller & Brennan, 2000) is a valuable tool for measuring adult attachment, and its Korean version, the ECRR-K (Kim, 2004), is widely used in Korea. However, given its substantial length, this study was aimed to develop and validate a short version of the ECRR-K called the ECRR-K14. Methods : Two hundred and ninety-four medical students participated in this study in 2016. They completed the ECRR-K, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS). The study authors applied the Rasch rating scale to check each item's model fit and then performed confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) to test the new scale's validity. Results : The authors selected seven items each for the anxiety and avoidance subscales, and the ECRR-K14 showed fair to good internal consistency (Cronbach's ${\alpha}=0.93$ and 0.92 for anxiety and avoidance, respectively). The anxiety subscale showed concurrent validity with the PSS and the RSES while the avoidance subscale showed concurrent validity with the UCLA-LS. The CFAs also demonstrated the validity of the model with a goodness-of-fit index of 0.916. Conclusion : The ECRR-K14 showed excellent reliability and validity and appears to be a promising instrument for measuring the two attachment dimensions in adults.

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