Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-SF)
Measures attachment anxiety and avoidance to classify your attachment prototype: Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, or Fearful-Avoidant. 12 items. Free.
Secure
Low anxiety · Low avoidance. Comfortable with closeness, not threatened by independence.
Dismissive-Avoidant
Low anxiety · High avoidance. Self-reliant, deactivates attachment needs.
Anxious-Preoccupied
High anxiety · Low avoidance. Craves closeness, hyperactivates attachment system.
Fearful-Avoidant
High anxiety · High avoidance. Wants closeness but fears rejection — inhibited approach.
At a glance
Report includes
Continuous dimension scores on Attachment Anxiety and Attachment Avoidance with T-score normative comparison. A two-dimensional scatter plot showing your position relative to the four prototype quadrants. Prototype classification (Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, or Fearful-Avoidant) with clinical interpretation guide.
The two-dimensional model is more informative than categorical typologies because it preserves gradient information — how anxious, how avoidant — rather than forcing a binary label. Someone near the boundary of Anxious-Preoccupied and Fearful-Avoidant has a meaningfully different profile than someone deep in either quadrant.
Brennan, K.A., Clark, C.L., & Shaver, P.R. (1998). Self-report measurement of adult attachment. Attachment Theory and Close Relationships, 46–76. Wei, M., Russell, D.W., Mallinckrodt, B., & Vogel, D.L. (2007). The ECR-Short Form. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54(1), 110–117.