Testing the reliability and validity of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Short Form with Chinese college students

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Jiaxi Peng
Yongmei Xiao
Yijun Li
Wei Liang
Hao Sun
Wen Bao
Qilin Huang
Yan Zhang
Shengjun Wu
Cite this article:  Peng, J., Xiao, Y., Li, Y., Liang, W., Sun, H., Bao, W., Huang, Q., Zhang, Y., & Wu, S. (2021). Testing the reliability and validity of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Short Form with Chinese college students. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 49(7), e10400.


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Currently, there is no instrument to quickly measure adult attachment in the Chinese cultural context. In this study the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Short Form (ECR-S) was translated and tested in terms of reliability and validity with Chinese college students. All items of the Chinese-version ECR-S showed high discriminability and the scale had a two-dimensional structure in both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The internal consistency coefficients of the two subscales of the ECR-S showed excellent reliability, and scores were modestly to highly correlated with the criteria of state adult attachment, self-esteem, anxiety, pressure, depression, and satisfaction with intimate (romantic) relationships. It can be concluded that the Chinese version of the ECR-S has high reliability and validity; thus, it meets the requirements for psychometric tools and can be used to assess Chinese adults’ attachment.

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