Relationships
Attachment Style test
How you connect, trust and handle closeness.
What this test is
Attachment theory describes the patterns we bring into close relationships. This assessment places you across four styles — secure, anxious, avoidant and fearful-avoidant — based on how you experience closeness and distance.
Who it is for
Anyone who wants a structured description of this side of themselves — for their own understanding, for a conversation with someone close to them, or as preparation for a decision. It is an educational self-assessment: it is not a recruitment instrument and it is not a clinical or diagnostic assessment.
How the test works
You answer 24 statements one at a time on a five-point agreement scale, which takes about 9 minutes. Roughly half the items are reverse-keyed, so agreeing with everything does not inflate your scores. Answers are averaged per dimension and reported as a percentage of the maximum for that dimension, then turned into a written profile.
What you'll receive
- Your dominant attachment style and full distribution
- What tends to trigger you in relationships
- Concrete practices for building security
What it measures
Secure
Comfortable with closeness and independence.
Anxious
Craves closeness, fears distance.
Avoidant
Values independence, wary of dependence.
Fearful-avoidant
Wants closeness and fears it at once.
Limitations
This is a self-report questionnaire, so it measures how you describe yourself today — which is shaped by mood, recent events and how you would like to be seen. Scores are percentages within this test, not percentile ranks against a population sample. Read the result as a description to think with, not a fact about you. How to interpret your results goes into this in more depth.
Scientific basis
- Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and Loss, Vol. 1: Attachment. Basic Books. View publication
- Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(3), 511–524. View publication
- Brennan, K. A., Clark, C. L., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Self-report measurement of adult attachment (ECR). View publication
- Fraley, R. C., Waller, N. G., & Brennan, K. A. (2000). An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment (ECR-R). JPSP, 78(2), 350–365. View publication
See all scientific references behind our assessments.
Frequently asked questions
How long does the attachment style test take?
About 9 minutes. There are 24 statements, each answered on a five-point agreement scale, one at a time.
Is the attachment style test free?
Taking the test and seeing your scored preview is free. The complete written report is an optional one-off unlock — there is no subscription.
How are my results calculated?
Each answer becomes a number, reverse-keyed items are flipped, and the items belonging to each dimension are averaged and expressed as a percentage of the maximum for that dimension.
Do I need an account?
No account is needed to start. You create a free account when you finish, so your answers and any unlocked report stay available to you.