Home Attachment Scale Test

Understand your emotional connection to your home in about 3 minutes. Get quick insight into comfort, safety, and inner stability that can support therapy, coaching, or self-reflection.

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October 2, 2025

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3/5

Home Attachment (HA)

This scale measures how emotionally connected, comforted, and “at home” a person feels in their living space.

Low attachment

Moderate attachment

High attachment

1 – 3: Low attachment | 3.1 – 4.4: Moderate attachment | 4.5 – 5: High attachment

A score of 3 indicates low attachment, suggesting a relatively weak emotional bond with home or limited sense of it as a supportive, meaningful space.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People in life transitions

41%OF USERS

Those who recently moved, are relocating, or changed their household use it to see how quickly a place starts to feel safe and truly theirs.

Therapy and counseling clients

34%OF USERS

People working on anxiety, stress, or identity take it to understand whether their home feels like support or adds tension.

Researchers and practitioners

25%OF USERS

Psychologists, HR specialists, and academics use it as a quick measure of how a living environment relates to wellbeing and resilience.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Attachment to Home (AtH)

Average

3.6

Normal range

2.9 — 4.3

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures emotional closeness to one’s living space, including feelings of comfort, ownership, and support. Scores reflect the strength of the home as a personal resource.

How should items be answered?

Select the response that best matches typical feelings about the current home. Answer based on general experience rather than a single recent event.

How long does it take to complete?

Completion usually takes about 3 minutes. The questionnaire includes 14 statements.

What does a higher score indicate?

Higher scores indicate a stronger sense of belonging, comfort, and emotional support associated with the home. Lower scores suggest a weaker emotional bond or reduced perceived support from the living environment.

How should results be interpreted?

Results are screening information and should be interpreted in context with other clinical or assessment data. They do not provide a diagnosis or identify a specific mental disorder.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Home Attachment Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

home environment

This self-report measure assesses an individual’s emotional bond with their living environment. The Home Attachment Scale was developed to support brief screening of perceived comfort, familiarity, and psychological meaning associated with one’s home.

It consists of 14 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Responses can be used to summarize the degree to which the home is experienced as a place of safety, support, and personal significance, which may be clinically relevant when discussing stress, stability, or identity-related concerns.

The Home Attachment Scale is attributed to Mary D. Ainsworth and John Bowlby. Interpretation should consider situational factors (e.g., recent moves, housing instability) and is best integrated with clinical interview and other sources of information rather than used as a standalone indicator.

Author: John Bowlby, Mary D. Ainsworth

Literature: Altman, I., & Low, S. M. (Eds.). Place attachment. Plenum Press. 1992.

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