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Measurement Invariance of the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire across Different Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Guido Alessandri ,
Corrado Fagnani ,
Giancarlo Di Gennaro ,
Giulio Nicolò Meldolesi ,
Paolo Pasquini ,
Emanuele Caroppo ,
Giovanni Martinotti ,
Alessandro Toni ,
Elisa Fabi  and
Angelo Picardi
Guido Alessandri*
Affiliation:
Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy)
Corrado Fagnani
Affiliation:
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy)
Giancarlo Di Gennaro
Affiliation:
Unità di chirurgia dell’epilessia (Italy)
Giulio Nicolò Meldolesi
Affiliation:
Unità di chirurgia dell’epilessia (Italy)
Paolo Pasquini
Affiliation:
Istituto Dermatologico IDI-IRCCS (Italy)
Emanuele Caroppo
Affiliation:
RM-B Azienda Sanitaria Locale (Italy)
Giovanni Martinotti
Affiliation:
Università “G. d’ Annunzio” (Italy)
Alessandro Toni
Affiliation:
Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy)
Elisa Fabi
Affiliation:
Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy)
Angelo Picardi
Affiliation:
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Guido Alessandri. Assistant Professor. Sapienza Università di Roma. Department of Psychology. Via dei Marsi, 78. 00185. Roma (Italy). Phone: +39–0644427535. E-mail:guido.alessandri@uniroma1.it
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Abstract

The measurement invariance of the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) questionnaire was investigated across four samples of non-clinical subjects (N = 222), dermatological patients (N = 458), psychiatric inpatients (N = 156), and patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (N = 101). The results provided evidence of configural, metric, and scalar invariance across groups. Overall, our findings provide further support to the reliability and validity of the ECR.

Keywords

ECRattachmentanxietyavoidancemeasurement invariance
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E22
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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