Frustration with Partners

Frustration with Partners
10 Item Attachment Scales
These scales were originally presented by Brennan‚ Shaver & Hazan (1989) but not published in print until included in a later article (Brennan & Shaver‚ 1995). The authors cr‎eated these scales by conducting a large scale‚ oblique factor analysis of 143 individual items‚ that resulted in 34 factors with eigenvalues greater than one. Seven of the factors were se‎lected as ha‎ving sufficient items to each form a 10-item sub-scale with adequate internal reliability. The seven factors were titled:
Frustration with Partners
Proximity Seeking
Self-Reliance
Ambivalence
Trust / Confidence in Others
Jealousy / Fear of Abandonment
Anxious Clinging to Partners
All items were measured on 7-point Likert-type scales ranging from “disagree strongly” to “agree strongly”. The following two of the seven sub-scales are extracted from Brennan & Shaver (1995).
Frustration with Partners
I haven’t received enough appreciation from romantic partners
My romantic partner doesn’t take my concerns seriously
My romantic partners have often let me down
I sometimes get frustrated and angry because no one loves me the way I’d like to be loved
My romantic partners have often been inconsiderate
My romantic partners haven’t usually understood what I needed
I often get frustrated because my romantic partners don’t understand my needs
I’ve generally been able to count on romantic partners for comfort and understanding (R)
My romantic partner makes me doubt myself
My romantic partners have usually been there when I needed them (R)
Proximity-Seeking
After even a brief separaion‚ I eagerly look forward to seeing my partner
When something godd happens‚ I can hardly wait to tell my partner
I like to tell my romantic partner all about my day
I like to share new ideas with my romantic partner
When I am away from my romantic partner‚ I miss him or her a great deal
I enjoy talking to my romantic partner about almost anything
It helps to turn to my romantic partner in times of need
I don’t need much affection from my romantic partner (R)
I don’t seek out my romantic partner when I am feeling bad (R)
I like to be as emotionally close as possible with my romantic partners
Notes: (R) indicates reverse scored item.
During their study‚ Brennan & Shaver (1995) compared scores from this scale with attachment style measured using the Adult Attachment Questionnaire. They found the following relationships:
Attachment Style
Positive Correlations
Negative Correlations
Avoidant
Frustration with partners
Self-reliance
Ambivalence
Trust / confidence in others
Proximity seeking
Anxious/Ambivalent
Frustration with partners
Jealousy / fear of abandonment
Anxious clinging to partners
Trust / confidence in others
Secure
Trust / confidence in others
Proximity seeking
Frustration with partners
Self-reliance
Ambivalence
Jealousy / fear of abandonment
Anxious clinging to partners
Adapted from Brennan & Shaver‚ 1995
Discriminant function analysis using all seven scales was used to categorise participants and this was compared with their self-report classification using the Hazan and Shaver measure. The two resulting discriminant functions correctly predicted the attachment style of 72.3% of participans. These functions separated out the secure from the avoidant participants and then separated out the anxious/ambivalent participants.
Factor analysis was conducted on the seven sub-scales using principal axis extraction. Two factors emerged which accounted for 71.3% of the variance and correlated at only r = 0.05. Based on the contributing items‚ these factors were labelled ‘insecurity‚’ which distinguished avoidant from secure participants‚ and ‘preoccupation with attachment‚’ which distinguished anxious/ambivalent from secure participants.
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