Attachment Style Test

Understand your attachment style and relationship patterns in about 15 minutes. Get clear, actionable insight into secure, avoidant, anxious, or disorganized tendencies to improve trust and communication.

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How the Scales are Structured

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5/10

Secure Attachment (SA)

Measures comfort with closeness, trust in others, and a generally secure approach to relationships and support-seeking.

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0 – 3: Low | 4 – 6: Moderate | 7 – 10: High

A score of 5 suggests a moderate level of secure attachment, indicating some comfort with intimacy and trust alongside occasional uncertainty or guardedness in close relationships.

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3/10

Avoidant Attachment (AA)

Measures the tendency to maintain emotional distance and self-reliance in close relationships, including discomfort with closeness and seeking help.

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0 – 3: Low | 4 – 7: Moderate | 8 – 10: High

A score of 3 falls in the Low range, suggesting generally comfortable closeness with only occasional preference for distance or handling things independently.

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4/10

Anxious Attachment (AA)

Measures the tendency to experience relationship-related worry, need for reassurance, and difficulty tolerating distance from a close partner.

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Moderate

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0 – 3: Low | 4 – 6: Moderate | 7 – 10: High

A score of 4 indicates a moderate level of anxious attachment, suggesting occasional worries about closeness and reassurance that may arise in some situations but are not consistently dominant.

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8/10

Disorganized Attachment (DA)

Measures the degree of conflicted, inconsistent attachment patterns marked by alternating closeness-seeking and distancing, mistrust, and unpredictability in relationships.

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Moderate

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0 – 3: Low | 4 – 6: Moderate | 7 – 10: High

A score of 8 falls in the High range, suggesting strong fluctuations between wanting closeness and pulling away, with elevated ambivalence and difficulty sustaining trust in relationships.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People in shaky relationships

41%OF USERS

They take it to understand recurring conflicts, clinginess or distance, and how trust and communication patterns affect their partner.

Self-growth seekers

34%OF USERS

They want clarity on their attachment style and how childhood experiences and asking for help shape their emotions in love.

Couples and premarital partners

25%OF USERS

They use it together to compare styles, spot triggers, and agree on healthier ways to give support and set boundaries.

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

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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Secure Attachment (SA)

Average

3.6

Normal range

2.1 — 5.1

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Avoidant Attachment (AA)

Average

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5.2 — 8.7

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Anxious Attachment (AA)

Average

3.9

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2.4 — 5.3

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Disorganized attachment (Da)

Average

2.8

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1.2 — 4.4

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this test measure?

It screens for adult attachment style using categories commonly described as secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized. It also provides indicators relevant to relationship functioning in a couple.

What topics are included in the questions?

Items address communication patterns, romantic relationships, trust, childhood experiences, asking for help, and perceived parental qualities. Items also cover common difficulties in love and closeness.

How long does it take to complete, and how many questions are there?

Completion typically takes about 15 minutes. The questionnaire contains 10 items.

How should responses be selected for best accuracy?

Select the option that best matches typical patterns rather than a single recent event. Answer all items using the same time frame and avoid overthinking individual questions.

How should results be interpreted?

Results indicate a predominant attachment style and related tendencies in closeness, trust, and support seeking. The results are not a diagnosis and should be considered alongside clinical judgment or other assessment information.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Attachment Style Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This self-report measure is designed to screen for individual differences in adult attachment patterns. The Attachment Style Test is based on commonly used attachment-style classifications and is intended to support clinical formulation related to interpersonal functioning.

The instrument includes 10 items and typically takes about 15 minutes to complete. Items query experiences and behaviors in close relationships, including comfort with intimacy, reliance on others, trust, responses to conflict, and help-seeking.

Results from the Attachment Style Test are typically interpreted as patterns of secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized attachment, and may be considered alongside clinical interview data and other assessment findings. The measure is attributed to Cindy Hazan and Phillip R. Shaver.

Author: Cindy Hazan, Phillip R. Shaver

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