Adult Attachment Ratings (AAR) / Adult Attachment Prototype Rating (AAPR)Pilkonis, Paul (2018) Adult Attachment Ratings (AAR) / Adult Attachment Prototype Rating (AAPR). [Dataset] (Unpublished)
AbstractThis submission contains data and codebooks from several personality studies conducted 1990-2017, organized by assessment instrument. For demographic information about the study participants, please refer to Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ) - Personality Studies (http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/35424). Studies 1. Validity in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders ("Validity") Description: The AAPR was internally developed with the aim of categorizing attachment style (Pilkonis et al, 1998). It is a clinician rated measure that includes seven scales organized around traditional themes from the attachment literature: anxious, ambivalent attachment (excessive dependency, interpersonal ambivalence, and compulsive care-giving), avoidant attachment (rigid self-control, defensive separation, and emotional detachment), and secure attachment (with a single scale of the same name). The scales vary in length from 6 to 16 items, with each item requiring a 3-point rating: 0 (absent); 1 (present); or, 2 (strongly present). Items for each attachment style are summed and the ranking determined by attachment scores and clinical judgment. Sample features of these seven prototypes are as follows: (a) secure attachment, high degree of comfort and confidence in the context of close relationships; (b) defensive separation, avoidance of close relationships and preference for self-sufficiency; (c) excessive dependency, proximity-seeking and fear of interpersonal rejection; (d) borderline features, ambivalent and erratic feelings and behaviors in close relationships (e) obsessive-compulsive features, perfectionistic, rigid, and unemotional interpersonal style; (f) emotional detachment or antisocial features, insensitivity to other people’s concerns and reckless self-focus; and (g) compulsive care-giving, tendency to act as a “martyr” or consistently provide help instead of receiving it. (From Meyer & Pilkonis, 2001): The scales were developed from a large pool of 88 descriptive phrases characterizing the variants of attachment from the Bowlby–Ainsworth tradition (and more broadly, the literature on excessively dependent vs. overly autonomous personality styles, e.g., Blatt, 2008); that is, anxiety and preoccupation about attachment, avoidance and dismissive attitudes regarding attachment, and secure attachment displayed in a modulated blend of affiliation and autonomy. “ In the Couples’ Study, an abbreviated version based on Pilkonis, Kim, Yu, & Morse’s 2014 IRT analysis was used. This version had 5 items per scale, instead of the 6-16 of the original measure. Also in Pilkonis et al (2014), the assessment name was “Adult Attachment Ratings (AAR)” – the term prototype was dropped due to Reviewer preferences. The order of prototypes changed across studies In the validity study, clinicians were asked to rate their level of confidence in the assigned prototypes. Citations: Pilkonis PA. Personality proto-types among depressives: Themes of dependency and autonomy. Journal of Personality Disorders. 1988;2:144–152. Pilkonis, P. A., Kim, Y., Yu, L., & Morse, J. Q. (2014). Adult Attachment Ratings (AAR): An Item Response Theory Analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 96(4), 417–425. Share
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