Passion and Attachment Scales (IAS) Test

People who want to examine how a romantic connection feels from the inside may find the Passion and Attachment Scales (IAS) Test useful for structured self-reflection. The questionnaire is intended for someone considering a current relationship, a new attraction, or the balance between excitement and security, and it can support relationship self-reflection. Its profile shows which emotional pattern is more prominent in the way you describe the relationship.

What This Test Measures

Rather than judging a relationship, the questionnaire separates two experiences that may coexist. One concerns closeness, trust, reliability, comfort, and including a partner in future plans. The other concerns infatuation, bodily arousal, nervousness, idealization, and difficulty concentrating elsewhere. It suits people reflecting on a partner or intense feelings that have not become stable. Together, these relationship dynamics describe reported experience, not a fixed identity or forecast.

These are the two dimensions shown:

• Attachment (1-7) measures emotional closeness, trust, and stability; higher scores generally reflect a steadier bond and greater calm. Low attachment (1-3), Moderate attachment (4-5), and High attachment (6-7) are the displayed bands.
• Passion (1-7) measures romantic infatuation and emotional arousal; higher scores generally reflect stronger infatuation, often seen earlier in a relationship. Low passion (1-3), Moderate passion (4-5), and High passion (6-7) are the displayed bands.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement asks how well it matches your experience, using a seven-point agreement response from complete disagreement to complete agreement. The items cover thoughts, bodily reactions, trust, comfort, fear of saying the wrong thing, self-disclosure, loneliness, and future plans, capturing both felt intensity and relational security.

Scoring produces two separate results rather than one overall relationship score. The pattern may show stronger infatuation with less closeness, stronger closeness with less infatuation, or similar levels across both. This self-report questionnaire is most useful when considered alongside relationship stage, current contact, and recent emotional events.

The questionnaire is an online presentation of the published Infatuation and Attachment Scales; passion is the catalogue’s label for that instrument’s infatuation dimension. The distinction between passionate love and attachment also relates to theoretical work by Hatfield and Sprecher and by Hazan and Shaver. Its two displayed scores provide a descriptive profile, while response bias, limited self-awareness, and changing circumstances can affect the result, so the bands are a structured snapshot rather than a clinical diagnosis.