Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) Bundle (50 pages)

Attachment Style Exercise

Fill out the tables below. Be as honest as you can. Once you have finished use the criteria below to get your scores. Count the number you used (1-7) across all questions. Some questions may indicate secure attachment when agreed with, while others might suggest anxious, avoidant, or fearful-avoidant tendencies. Review the scoring guide below to understand what your most common style is. Scoring Guide for Attachment Style Quiz Add up the following items and then divide by the number shown to get your score on each attachment style. Security: Items 1+10+13+16+18+19+23 / 7 = ____ Preoccupation: Items 2+4+5+14+15+22+25 / 7 = ___ Dismissiveness: Items 6+11+17+20+21+24 / 6 = ___ Fearful: Items 3+7+8+9+12 / 5 = ___ Higher scores mean that you possess more of a particular attachment style. The highest possible score for a given style is 7; the lowest possible score is 1.

source: adapted from Guerrero et al. (2009)