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Psicologia
Print version ISSN 0874-2049
Abstract
CANAVARRO, M. Cristina; DIAS, Pedro and LIMA, Vânia. The Assessment of Adult Attachment: A critical review on the sequence of the application of the Adult Attachment Scale‑R (AAS‑R) to the Portuguese population. Psicologia [online]. 2006, vol.20, n.1, pp.155-186. ISSN 0874-2049.
This article, in its first part, tries to gather knowledge about some of the conceptual issues on adult attachment. These conceptual issues are discussed in terms of the adult attachment assessment and also some of the most polemical aspects on methodology are also highlighted. Finally, focusing on the assessment of adult attachment through self‑report questionnaires, some psychometric data and results of Portuguese studies concerning the adaptation of Adult Attachment Scale‑R (Collins & Read, 1990), named Escala de Vinculação do Adulto (EVA) are presented.
Keywords : attachment; adult attachment; assessment; Adult Attachment Scale.